Research Team
Alec Jeffreys Fellowship in Clinical and Forensic Genomics position available
The Department of Genetics & Genome Biology is pleased to announce the availability of the Alec Jeffreys Fellowship in Clinical and Forensic Genomics position, offered jointly by the University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust and the University of Leicester. This Fellowship will be supervised by Prof Pradeep Vasudevan (Department of Clinical Genetics, UHL NHS Trust) and Prof Mark Jobling (Department of Genetics & Genome Biology, University of Leicester).
This Fellowship is a 3-year full-time post, with the tenure 1st January, 2020 - 31st December, 2023. Applicants should be in a position to self-fund the Fellowship, and should have a PhD in a relevant subject area, including experience in either clinical or forensic genomics.
The Fellowship will include advanced training and research in modern methods of clinical genomics, including next-generation sequencing approaches (exome and whole-genome), and observational training in genetic counselling. It will also include training in human forensic genomics, using state-of-the-art sequencing methods in individual identification, and ancestry and phenotype estimation.
Interested applicants are asked to contact Prof Mark Jobling in the first instance.
Current group members
Ms Margherita Colucci: BBSRC MIBTP iCASE Ph.D. student, jointly supervised by Prof Nuala Sheehan, and in partnership with DNA Worldwide.
Mr Marwan El Khoury: Ph.D. student under the Marie Curie INTREPID programme, primary supervisors Dr Jon Wetton (Department of Genetics & Genome Biology) and Prof Rob Hillman (Department of Chemistry)
Mr Ettore Fedele: NERC CENTA Ph.D. student, jointly supervised by Dr Jon Wetton, and in collaboration with Twycross Zoo
Ms Tunde Huszar: BBSRC iCASE Ph.D. student, jointly supervised by Dr Jon Wetton, and in partnership with Key Forensic Services
Ms Jodie Lampert: Ph.D. student, jointly supervised with Dr Richard Jones (School of History) under the Impact of Diasporas programme. Read about Jodie's project here
Ms Jane Mbithe Muinde: Visiting student from Kenyatta University.
Dr Richard Oduor: Honorary Visiting Fellow from Kenyatta University, Nairobi, supported under a UoL International Research Development Fund award
Ms Emily Patterson: Ph.D. student, BBSRC MIBTP iCASE Ph.D. student, jointly supervised by Dr Celia May and Dr Jon Wetton, in partnership with Twycross Zoo, and collaboration with the Zoological Society of London
Dr Jon Wetton: Post-doctoral research associate; formerly under the Impact of Diasporas programme
Past members
Sue Adams: Post-doctoral research associate
Fatma Al Mahrouqi: M.Sc. Molecular Genetics student
Patricia Balaresque: Post-doctoral research associate
Stéphane Ballereau: Post-doctoral research associate
Chiara Batini: Post-doctoral research associate
Elena Bosch: Post-doctoral research associate
Nourdine Bouzekri: Ph.D. student
Georgina Bowden: Ph.D. student; Research technician
Valentina Dominici: Visiting Fellow from Sapienza University of Rome
Hayley Dunn: Ph.D. student, jointly supervised with Prof Simon James (School of Archaeology), under the Impact of Diasporas programme
Neale Fretwell: Ph.D. student
Pille Hallast: Post-doctoral research associate
Matt Hurles: Ph.D. student
Yahya Khubrani: Ph.D. student; now Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester, and Forensic Geneticist at the Saudi Forensic Service
Turi King: Ph.D. student and Post-doctoral research associate; now Professor of Public Engagement and Reader in Genetics and Archaeology
Gurdeep Lall: Research technician
Maarten Larmuseau: Visiting fellow from KU Leuven, 2015
Suzanne Lavelle: Ph.D. student
Andy Lee: Research technician
Holly Leung: Ph.D. student
Elise Lucotte: Visiting Masters student
Pierpaolo Maisano Delser: Ph.D. student
Victoria Navickaite: M.Sc. Molecular Genetics student
Ghada Omran: Ph.D. student
Emma Parkin: Post-doctoral research associate
Nitikorn Poriswanish: Ph.D. student
Giacomo Potente: Visiting Erasmus student from the University of Padova
Rita Rasteiro: Post-doctoral research associate
Zoë Rosser: Ph.D. student; Post-doctoral research associate
Vicky Samara: M.Sc. student
Morag Shanks: Ph.D. student
Callum Spencer: M.Sc. Molecular Genetics student
Meng Sun: Ph.D. student, primary supervisor Prof Nuala Sheehan (Department of Health Sciences)
Paul Taylor: Post-graduate research assistant
Valerie Tucker: Part-time research associate supported under a University of Leicester Prospects award for ISO17025 accreditation
Daniel Zadik: Post-doctoral research associate
