{"id":116,"date":"2020-03-27T14:25:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T14:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2025-11-15T08:18:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T08:18:34","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lab Members<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/O124449cr-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/O124449cr-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/O124449cr-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/O124449cr-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/O124449cr-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/O124449cr-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/O124449cr-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Prof. <strong>Katja R\u00f6per<\/strong>, PhD<br>Group Leader<br>BlueSky: @katjaroeper.bsky.social<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article in JCB \u2018People&amp;Ideas\u2019: <a href=\"http:\/\/jcb.rupress.org\/content\/215\/2\/140?etoc\">http:\/\/jcb.rupress.org\/content\/215\/2\/140?etoc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Lab Members<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#333333;color:#ffffff\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1771\" height=\"2560\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-639\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Peter-Parker-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Peter-Parker-scaled.jpg 1771w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Peter-Parker-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Peter-Parker-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Peter-Parker-768x1110.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Peter-Parker-1062x1536.jpg 1062w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Peter-Parker-1417x2048.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1771px) 100vw, 1771px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Peter Parker<\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Zoology Part II student 2025\/26<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\">Peter wants to understand the organisation and role of microtubules and their interaction with the actomyosin cytoskeleton across the tube formation process of the salivary glands in the Drosophila embryo<\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#333333;color:#ffffff\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1740\" height=\"2560\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-640\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Leo-HUang-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Leo-HUang-scaled.jpg 1740w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Leo-HUang-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Leo-HUang-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Leo-HUang-768x1130.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Leo-HUang-1044x1536.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Leo-HUang-1392x2048.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1740px) 100vw, 1740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Leo Huang<\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">MPhil student since October 2025<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\">Leo wants to understand the transcriptional blueprint that drives the mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition in human renal organoids derived from iPSCs, focussing on identifying direct targets of the transcription factor PAX8<\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#333333;color:#ffffff\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2560\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-641\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Markus-Mukenhirn-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Markus-Mukenhirn-scaled.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Markus-Mukenhirn-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Markus-Mukenhirn-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Markus-Mukenhirn-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Markus-Mukenhirn-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Markus-Mukenhirn-1360x2048.jpg 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Markus Mukenhirn, PhD<\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">postdoc since July 2025<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\">Markus loves epithelial tissues and focusses on how the nephron epithelial tube can form a correctly shaped lumen, rather than an inflated cyst structure, a hallmark of renal disease. He focusses in particular on cell and tissue mechanics, channels, hydrostatic pressure, stiffness&#8230;<\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#333333;color:#ffffff\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1751\" height=\"2560\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-642\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Madeleine-Ball-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Madeleine-Ball-scaled.jpg 1751w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Madeleine-Ball-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Madeleine-Ball-700x1024.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Madeleine-Ball-768x1123.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Madeleine-Ball-1050x1536.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Madeleine-Ball-1400x2048.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1751px) 100vw, 1751px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Madeleine Ball, PhD<\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">postdoc since June 2025<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\">Madeleine is our super-resolution microscopy expert and is applying her skills to understand how supracellular actomyosin  cables are assembled and organised at the molecular level<\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#333333;color:#ffffff\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1719\" height=\"2560\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-638\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Sudeepa-Nandi-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Sudeepa-Nandi-scaled.jpg 1719w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Sudeepa-Nandi-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Sudeepa-Nandi-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Sudeepa-Nandi-768x1144.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Sudeepa-Nandi-1031x1536.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Sudeepa-Nandi-1375x2048.jpg 1375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1719px) 100vw, 1719px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Sudeepa Nandi, PhD<\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">postdoc since July 2025<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\">Sudeepa is fascinated by crosstalk that occurs between cytoskeletal systems, in particular how microtubules influence actomyosin dynamics during cell shape changes that drive morphogenesis of tubes<\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#333333;color:#ffffff\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-profile-box square gb-has-avatar gb-font-size-18 gb-block-profile gb-profile-columns\"><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"gb-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"gb-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1724\" height=\"2560\" class=\"gb-profile-avatar wp-image-637\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Rob-Turnbull-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Rob-Turnbull-1-scaled.jpg 1724w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Rob-Turnbull-1-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Rob-Turnbull-1-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Rob-Turnbull-1-768x1141.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Rob-Turnbull-1-1034x1536.jpg 1034w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Rob-Turnbull-1-1379x2048.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1724px) 100vw, 1724px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-profile-column gb-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"gb-profile-name\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Robert Turnbull, PhD<\/h2><p class=\"gb-profile-title\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">postdoc since May 2025<\/p><div class=\"gb-profile-text\">Rob is our renal organoid expert and is figuring out the cell biology of how the mesenchymal precursor cells of the nephron successfully undergo a mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition to form a polarised tube <\/div><ul class=\"gb-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Past Lab members<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/symons_gabriella.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-523\" style=\"width:143px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/symons_gabriella.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/symons_gabriella-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Gabriella Symons<\/strong><br>PhD student October 2020-May 2024, then 11-months postdoc in the lab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now: Scientist at Plurify, Cambridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/turnbull_robert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522\" style=\"width:142px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/turnbull_robert.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/turnbull_robert-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Robert Turnbull, <\/strong>MPhil<br>PhD student October 2020- May 2024, then 11-months postdoc in the lab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now: postdoc at Dept. of PDN, University of Cambridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/ambrosini_arnaud.jpg\" alt=\"Arnaud Ambrosini\" class=\"wp-image-97\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Arnaud Ambrosini, <\/strong>PhD<br>Postdoc July 2019 &#8211; February 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now: Data analyst\/Image analyst at Cambridge Stem Cell Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"143\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Ng-Blichfeldt_John-Poul.jpg\" alt=\"John-Poul Ng-Blichfeldt\" class=\"wp-image-109\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>John-Poul Ng-Blichfeldt, <\/strong>PhD<br>Postdoc August 2018 &#8211; February 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now: senior post at University of Cambridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"143\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/May_Annabel.jpg\" alt=\"Annabel May\" class=\"wp-image-107\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Annabel May, <\/strong>MPhil<br>PhD Student since July 2018- Dec 2022, then 11-months postdoc in the lab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>now: Clinical scientist at NHS Birmingham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Gillard_Ghislain.jpg\" alt=\"Ghislain Gillard\" class=\"wp-image-104\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Ghislain Gillard, <\/strong>PhD<br>Postdoc since February 2017- February 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now: CNRS researcher at IGH Montpellier, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Ashour_Dina.jpg\" alt=\"Dina Ashour\" class=\"wp-image-99\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Dina Ashour<\/strong>, PhD<br>PhD Student&nbsp;from July 2016 &#8211; June 2021, postdoc until February 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now: working for European Commission in Brussels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Peterson_Jesse.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Peterson\" class=\"wp-image-110\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Jesse Peterson,<\/strong> PhD<br>Postdoc: May 2017 &#8211; June 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now: Scientist at Lightcast Discovery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"143\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Sanchez-Corrales_Yara.jpg\" alt=\"Yara E. S\u00e1nchez-Corrales\" class=\"wp-image-112\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Yara E. S\u00e1nchez-Corrales<\/strong>, PhD<br>Postdoc: April 2014-May 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now: Research Fellow<br>Genetics and Genomic Medicine Programme<br>UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health<br>Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children<br>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yara_elena\">@DrYaraSanchez<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"137\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Sidor_Clara.jpg\" alt=\"Sidor Clara\" class=\"wp-image-113\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Clara Sidor<\/strong>, PhD<br>Postdoc: March 2013 &#8211; Feb 2018<br>Now: CNRS fellow at IBDM, Marseille<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"179\" class=\"wp-image-105\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Girdler20Bishop_Gemma.jpg\" alt=\"Gemma Girdler\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gemma Girdler<\/strong>, PhD<br>Postdoc: April 2010 &#8211; March 2017<br>Now: Postdoc at CI Cambridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"180\" class=\"wp-image-103\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Farhaan.jpg\" alt=\"Farhaan Khan\"><\/figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Farhaan Khan<\/strong><br>Summer Student: June &#8211; August 2016<br>Then: Medical student at Cambridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/kroeper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/Mskens_Konradin.jpg\" alt=\"Konradin M\u00fcskens\" class=\"wp-image-108\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Konradin M\u00fcskens<\/strong><br>Part II student: Oct 2015 &#8211; 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