Tanmay Bharat
Employment and Education
2022- Programme Leader, MRC LMB Cambridge
2021- Tenured Group Leader, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford
2017-2021 Group Leader, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford
2013-2017 Post-doctoral fellow, MRC LMB Cambridge with Jan Löwe
2012-2013 Bridging Post-doc, EMBL Heidelberg with John A.G. Briggs
2012 PhD EMBL Heidelberg and University of Heidelberg (Dr. rer. nat. “summa cum laude”)
2008 MA (Oxon) Biological Sciences, University of Oxford (1st class)
2006 B.Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry, St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi (1st Class)
Fellowships and Awards
2024 Blavatnik Awards UK, Life Sciences Finalist
2023 Fleming Prize, The Microbiology Society, UK
2023 Wellcome Trust Discovery Award
2022 Colworth Medal, The Biochemical Society, UK
2021 Lister Prize, Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine
2021 Eppendorf Young European Investigator Award
2020 Philip Leverhulme Prize in the Biological Sciences, Leverhulme Trust, UK
2019 John Kendrew Award, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
2018 Vallee Foundation International Prize Scholar, Boston, USA
2017 Royal Society and Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellowship, UK
2015 EMBO Advanced fellowship
2014 EMBO Long-term fellowship
2013 FEBS Long-term fellowship
2013 Bayer Pharmaceuticals Promotionspreis, The German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Award
2008 FEBS Summer Fellowship
2006 Rhodes Scholarship (New Delhi and Hertford College, Oxford)
Funding Acknowledgements
MRC, Wellcome Trust, Royal Society, BBSRC, EPSRC, HFSP, Vallee Foundation, Leverhulme Trust, Lister Insitute of Preventative Medicine, EMBO, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Action Medical Research for Children, John Fell Funds, EPA Research Fund, EPA Cephalosporin Fund