{"id":26,"date":"2015-02-26T09:40:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T09:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/people\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:51:32","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"sociallink\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/social\/\">See pictures from some of our social events here &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-404.fg-simple_portfolio { justify-content: center; --fg-gutter: 40px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-404.fg-simple_portfolio .fg-item { flex-basis: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-simple_portfolio foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-simple_portfolio fg-ready fg-light fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-caption-always\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-404\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/people\/simon\/\" target=\"_self\" data-caption-title=\"Simon Bullock\n&lt;br \/&gt;\nGroup leader\" data-attachment-id=\"113\" class=\"foogallery-thumb fg-thumb\" data-type=\"iframe\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Simon Bullock\" title=\"Simon Bullock\n&lt;br \/&gt;\nGroup leader\" class=\"bf-img skip-lazy fg-image\" height=\"252\" width=\"200\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/cache\/2015\/02\/Simon2015photo\/2663620688.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22252%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20252%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Simon Bullock\n<br \/>\nGroup leader<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/people\/mark\" data-caption-title=\"Mark McClintock&lt;br \/&gt;Senior investigator scientist\" data-attachment-id=\"773\" class=\"foogallery-thumb fg-thumb\" data-type=\"iframe\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mark McClintock\" title=\"Mark McClintock&lt;br \/&gt;Senior investigator scientist\" class=\"bf-img skip-lazy fg-image\" height=\"252\" width=\"200\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/cache\/2017\/01\/Mark-McClintock\/3720174859.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22252%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20252%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Mark McClintock<br \/>Senior investigator scientist<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/people\/li\" data-caption-title=\"Li Jin&lt;br \/&gt;Research support officer\" data-attachment-id=\"1039\" class=\"foogallery-thumb fg-thumb\" data-type=\"iframe\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Li Jin\" title=\"Li Jin&lt;br \/&gt;Research support officer\" class=\"bf-img skip-lazy fg-image\" height=\"252\" width=\"200\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/cache\/2021\/11\/lily\/2807503284.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22252%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20252%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Li Jin<br \/>Research support officer<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/people\/sankar-ms\/\" data-caption-title=\"Sankar MS,&lt;br \/&gt;Post-doctoral fellow\" data-attachment-id=\"1139\" class=\"foogallery-thumb fg-thumb\" data-type=\"iframe\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sankar MS, Post-doctoral fellow\" title=\"Sankar MS,&lt;br \/&gt;Post-doctoral fellow\" class=\"bf-img skip-lazy fg-image\" height=\"252\" width=\"200\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/cache\/2023\/08\/sankarcrop\/3997191789.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22252%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20252%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Sankar MS,<br \/>Post-doctoral fellow<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/people\/lucas\/\" data-caption-title=\"Lucas Albacete &lt;br \/&gt;Post-doctoral fellow\" data-attachment-id=\"1038\" class=\"foogallery-thumb fg-thumb\" data-type=\"iframe\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lucas Albacete\" title=\"Lucas Albacete &lt;br \/&gt;Post-doctoral fellow\" class=\"bf-img skip-lazy fg-image\" height=\"252\" width=\"200\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/cache\/2021\/11\/Lucas\/1251573344.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22252%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20252%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Lucas Albacete <br \/>Post-doctoral fellow<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/people\/razina\/\" data-caption-title=\"Razina Kazi, &lt;br \/&gt;PhD student\" data-attachment-id=\"1041\" class=\"foogallery-thumb fg-thumb\" data-type=\"iframe\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Razina Kazi, &lt;br \/&gt;PhD student\" class=\"bf-img skip-lazy fg-image\" height=\"252\" width=\"200\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/cache\/2021\/11\/Razina\/1589007766.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22252%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20252%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Razina Kazi, <br \/>PhD student<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/people\/eve\/\" data-caption-title=\"Eve Mehtab&lt;br \/&gt;PhD Student\" data-attachment-id=\"1285\" class=\"foogallery-thumb fg-thumb\" data-type=\"iframe\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eve Mehtab\" title=\"Eve Mehtab&lt;br \/&gt;PhD Student\" class=\"bf-img skip-lazy fg-image\" height=\"252\" width=\"200\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/cache\/2025\/08\/eve\/4271862359.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22252%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20252%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Eve Mehtab<br \/>PhD Student<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-iframe fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/people\/kyle\/\" data-caption-title=\"Kyle Nickel&lt;br \/&gt;PhD Student\" data-attachment-id=\"1286\" class=\"foogallery-thumb fg-thumb\" data-type=\"iframe\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kyle Nickel\" title=\"Kyle Nickel&lt;br \/&gt;PhD Student\" class=\"bf-img skip-lazy fg-image\" height=\"252\" width=\"200\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/groups\/sbullock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/cache\/2025\/08\/kyle\/4259050149.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22200%22%20height%3D%22252%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20252%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Kyle Nickel<br \/>PhD Student<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Former lab members:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Florian Boehl (post-doc 2004 \u2013 2007): vice president, Evonik.<\/li>\n<li>Graziana Gatto (summer student 2007): group leader at University of Cologne, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>Xuan Li (post-doc 2005-2009): group leader in the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge.<\/li>\n<li>Martin Dienstbier (PhD student 2005-2009): co-founder, CFO and COO of DIANA Biotechnologies, Prague, Czech Republic.<\/li>\n<li>Ambra Bianco (post-doc 2007-2009): director at AstraZeneca R&amp;D, Cambridge.<\/li>\n<li>Mamta Amrute (post-doc 2008-2011): group leader at Hannover Medical School, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>Yang Lui (post-doc 2008-2012): associate director at AstraZeneca R&amp;D, Cambridge<\/li>\n<li>Svetlana Djurica (summer student 2012): post-doc at Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, Wuerzburg, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>Hannah Salter (PhD student 2009-2013): HR excellence manager, INOVYN, UK.<\/li>\n<li>Madalena Pinto (research assistant 2013): group leader at MPI-CBG, Dresden, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>Tamsin Samuels (undergraduate student 2013\/2014): post-doc in Teixeira lab, University of Cambridge, followed by associate principal scientist, CardiaTec Bio, Cambridge.<\/li>\n<li>Harish Chandra Soundararajan (PhD student 2010-2014): post-doc at Wyss Institute, Harvard University, followed by investment director at Farallon Capital Management, San Francisco, USA.<\/li>\n<li>Patrick Hoffmann (summer student 2014): post-doc in Beck lab, MPI for Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>Carly Dix (post-doc\/research support officer 2008-2015): associate director at AstraZeneca R&amp;D, Cambridge.<\/li>\n<li>Fillip Port (post-doc 2012-2016): staff scientist in Boutros lab at DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>Rory Maizels (summer student 2016): PhD student in Briscoe lab, Crick Institute, London, followed by post-doc in Saez-Rodriguez group, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>Ha Thi Hoang (PhD student 2012-2016): post-doc in Christopher A. Walsh&#8217;s lab, Harvard University, USA, followed by Director, YSEALI Academy, Fulbright Univerity, Vietnam.<\/li>\n<li>Alessio Vagnoni (post-doc 2012-2017): group leader at Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Kings College, London.<\/li>\n<li>Nadine Muschalik (research support officer 2014-2017): research support officer in Sean Munro&#8217;s lab at LMB.<\/li>\n<li>Mo Mofatteh (PhD student 2014-2018): post-doc in Raff lab at the Dunn School, Oxford, followed by medicine degree, Queens University, Belfast.<\/li>\n<li>Janina Baumbach (post-doc 2014-2018): manager of RNA Process Development, BioNTech, Frankfurt, Germany, followed by patent examiner at European Patent Office.<\/li>\n<li>Mingran Cao (summer student 2018): PhD student in Kohl group, Crick Institute, London, followed by data scientist at LabGenius Therapeutics, London.<\/li>\n<li>Nicolas Laugier (Masters student 2019): commercial engineer at RD Biotech, Lyon, France.<\/li>\n<li>David Salvador Garcia (PhD student and short-term post-doc 2016-2022): post-doc in Brian Stramer&#8217;s group at King&#8217;s College, London.<\/li>\n<li>Chun Hao Wong (post-doc 2018-2022): laboratory lead, Functional Genomics Screening, Milner Therapeutics Institute, Cambridge.<\/li>\n<li>Vanesa Madan (post-doc 2016-2022): senior scientist at Abcam, Cambridge, followed by senior scientist, Twist Bioscience, Cambridge.<\/li>\n<li>Florence Young (PhD student and short-term post-doc 2017-2022): senior scientist at Esya Labs, London, UK, followed by senior public opinion and policy officer at Campaign for Science and Engineering, London.<\/li>\n<li>Wendy Cheng (summer student 2022): PhD student, UC San Francisco, USA.<\/li>\n<li>Patrick O&#8217;Donnell (summer student 2023): PhD student, Derivery lab at LMB.<\/li>\n<li>Iris Carvalho (summer student 2024): research masters degree at EMBL, Grenoble.<\/li>\n<li>Yaiza Andr\u00e9s Jeske (PhD student and short-term post-doc 2019-2024): post-doc in Bolegnesi lab, IBEC, Barcelona.<\/li>\n<li>Adam Rooms (summer student 2025): research assistant, Allegretti lab at LMB.<\/li>\n<li>Sabila Chilaeva (PhD student 2022-2025): investment associate, Ahren Innovation Capital, Cambridge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See pictures from some of our social events here &gt; Former lab members: Florian Boehl (post-doc 2004 \u2013 2007): vice president, Evonik. 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