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Dr Ryan West
Dr Ryan West
Group Leader
Ryan is an Alzheimer's Society Dementia Research Leader Fellow, Senior Fellow and group leader at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN). He moved to Sheffield in November 2019 following his time as a Junior fellow at the University of Manchester. Prior to that he was a postdoc and PhD student at the University of York.
 Postdoctoral Research Associates
 Postdoctoral Research Associates
Dr Joanne Sharpe
Dr Joanne Sharpe
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Jo is using Drosophila to explore gene-environment interactions identified from human whole genome sequencing data in sporadic ALSÂ
Dr Ruth Thomas
Dr Ruth Thomas
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ruth is currently working on an Alzheimer's Society funded project combining Drosophila models and patient-derived cell models to explore mechanisms Underpinning Disease Heterogeneity in C9Orf72-related Frontotemporal Dementia
Dr Jasmine Speranza
Dr Jasmine Speranza
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Jasmine is using Drosophila and patient-derived cell models to explore the role of the integrated stress response in C9Orf72-related Frontotemporal Dementia
Dr Sam Bonsall
Dr Sam Bonsall
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Sam is using bioinformatics to explore gene-gene and gene-environment interactions in sporadic ALSÂ
Dr Debarati Bhattacharya
Dr Debarati Bhattacharya
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Debarati is a postdoctoral research associate at the Sheffield Institute of Translational Neuroscience. She is working on exploring the role of exercise in potentiating Motor Neuron Disease using the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. Her research is funded by My Name'5 Doddie Foundation and is part of a joint project led by Professor Dame Pamela Shaw, Dr Johnathan Cooper Knock and Dr Ryan West
PhD Students
PhD Students
Charlotte Gale
Charlotte Gale
PhD Student 2022 - present
Charlotte's research, funded by the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) is looking at how disease causing C9orf72 mutations lead to disruption of neuronal cytoskeleton and axonal trafficking
Ergita Balli
Ergita Balli
PhD Student 2023 - present
Ergita's research, funded by the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA), is looking at how disease causing mutations impair hypoxic response pathways and the implication this has on motor neurone disease.
Abbie Stretch
Abbie Stretch
PhD Student 2023 - present
Abbie is an MRC DiMeN student. She is investigating whether prodromal alterations in vision can be used as a biomarker for Parkinson's disease and how we can utilise Drosophila models for translational drug-discovery researchÂ
David Rhodes
David Rhodes
PhD Student 2024 - present
Primary Supervisor: Dr Suman De
David is an MRC DiMeN student investigating protein dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease:
Georgia Boothe
Georgia Boothe
PhD Student 2024 - present
Primary Supervisor: Dr Tatyana Shelkovnikova
Georgia is an MRC DiMeN student. Her project is on the optogenetic modelling of a hallmark neurodegeneration pathology found in ALS/FTD.
Technicians
Technicians
Megha Madhu
Megha Madhu
Technician 2023 - present
Megha is a technician working on the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation funded research project investigating the role of exercise in potentiating Motor Neuron Disease. This research is part of a joint project led by Professor Dame Pamela Shaw, Dr Johnathan Cooper Knock and Dr Ryan West
Lab Alumni
Lab Alumni
Dr Kriti Gupta
Dr Kriti Gupta
Postdoctoral Research Associate 2021 - 2024
Current Position: PDRA (University of Glasgow, Woodling lab)
Dr Duncan Garner
Dr Duncan Garner
PhD Student 2020 - 2024
Current Position: PDRA (Sheffield Hallam University)
Dr Nikki Harper
Dr Nikki Harper
PhD Student 2019 - 2023
Current Position: Medical Writer, Avalere Health
Dr Joanne Sharpe
Dr Joanne Sharpe
PhD Student 2017-2021
Current Position: PDRA (University of Sheffield)
Kate Whittaker
Kate Whittaker
Technician
Kayal Muthukrishnan
Kayal Muthukrishnan
Technician
Ella Steele
Ella Steele
MSc Student 2025
Sarvesh Puranik
Sarvesh Puranik
MSc Student 2024
Current Position: Assistant Research Practitoner in paediatric ICU & Surgery (Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust)
Tamara Allcock
Tamara Allcock
MSc Student 2022
Current Position: PhD Student (De Vos lab, Sheffield)
Niamh Conway
Niamh Conway
MSc Student 2021
Current Position: Assistant Psychologist/ Clinical Research Practitioner (Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust)
Cassandra Flynn
Cassandra Flynn
MSc Student 2020
Current Position: PhD student at Memorial University of NewfoundlandÂ
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