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Current Group Members :

Prof. Mark Bradley
Principal Investigator:
Prof. Mark Bradley mark.bradley@ed.ac.uk
  About Mark

Chemical Biology Research Fellow:

Dr Rosario Sanchez-Martin rosario.sanchez@ed.ac.uk About Rosario
   

 

Scottish Enterprise Research Fellows:

Dr Juan Jose Diaz-Mochon Dr Asier Unciti-Broceta Information on Scottish Enterprise

 

Post doctorate Fellows :

Dr Miren K. Aiertza Otxotorena Dr Nicos Avlonitis   Dr Sunay Chankeshwara
Dr Ferdous Khan Dr Eftychia Koini Dr Mazen Sleiman Dr Mike Swift
Dr Jeffrey Walton Dr Rong Zhang    

 

 

Postgraduate Students:

Matt Bacon Adam Belsom Frank Bowler Juan Manuel Cardenas-Maestre
Geraldine Escher Anne Hansen Graham Henderson Thingsoon Jong
Aleksandra Liberska Ana Lozano Mariona Valles Miret Salvatore Pernagallo
Songsak Planonth Nina Svensen Frank Thielbeer Mei Wu
M. Rahimi Yusop      


People who have submitted a thesis and are awaiting their viva!
Luciano Galveia

 

 

Visiting Students:

Damrongsak Saemrum    
     

 

Undergraduate Project Students:

Join the group in September    
     

Dr. Rosario Sanchez-Martin
Dr Rosario Sanchez-Martin

Dr. Rosario M. Sanchez-Martin graduated in Pharmacy in 1997 from the University of Granada (Spain ). Afterwards she started her PhD in Prof. Espinosas Group in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at Granada University where she worked in the design, synthesis and evaluation of novel inhibitors of the Ras/Choline Kinase pathway, as potential anti-cancer drugs. During her PhD she joined Prof. Barbe of Faculty of Pharmacy at Marseille (France) where she worked on the synthesis and evaluation of heterocyclic compounds as antimalarial drugs and Prof. Bradleys group at the University of Southampton (UK), where she worked in the synthesis and evaluation of peptoids as carrier systems, as a visiting researcher. In 2002, after completing her PhD at Granada University , she took on a position as a post-doctoral researcher in Prof. Bradleys group where she worked in the synthesis of transporters, capable of being able to be taken up by cells, and their subsequent functionalization with biomolecules for development as carrier systems. Recently, she started her own research project in collaboration with Prof. Bradley at the University of Edinburgh (UK) after she was awarded a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship by the Royal Society for developing cell-based HT screening assays.

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Dr. Juan Jose Diaz-Mochon
Dr Juan Jose Diaz-Mochon

I was born in the Andalusian town of Jaén (Spain). I graduated in Granada in 1996 from the Faculty of Pharmacy. I spent one year as an Erasmus student in Perugia under the supervision of Prof. Pellicciari where I worked with bilial acid synthesis. I then started my PhD in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at Granada University where I worked on the design, synthesis and evaluation of novel inhibitors of the Ras/Cholin Kinase pathway, as potential anti-cancer drugs under the supervision of Prof. Espinosa. During my PhD I joined Prof. Baraldi's Group at Ferrara, where I worked on adenosinic antagonists and purine synthesis. In 2001 I completed my PhD at Granada University, followed by a short spell working for FAES, S.A. developing novel COX-2 inhibitors, finding very selective compounds. In early 2002 I joined Prof. Bradley's Group at Southampton University, before moving with him in 2005 to the University of Edinburgh.

My initial project involved the use of DNA microarray technologies, which has allowed us to interface DNA arrays with combinatorial libraries. PNA-encoded libraries with 10,000 peptides were developed and successfully used to study kinases and proteases for the very first time. Currently, this technology is being used to develop "The Oncokinase Chip" within the Dutch CTMM BioCHIP project. This technology has also allowed us to find new peptide substrates for the protease chymopapain. I have also been involved in the development of cell-based polymer microarrays, finding materials which increase transfection efficiency, keep bone-marrow dendritic cells in their immature state and allow immobilisation of lymphocytes, being able to gene expression profiling the changes happening in the lymphocytes.  Another important application which I helped to develop it is the so-called "Protein fingerprints on polymer microarrays".

Following a filed PCT patent I was awarded a Scottish Enterprise Proof of Concept Project in order to commercialise a new way of doing DNA sequencing and SNP analysis.

A full list of JuanJo's publications can be found here

Further details on the Proof of Concept project funded by Scottish Enterprise can be found here

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Dr. Asier Unciti-Broceta
Dr Asier Unciti-Broceta

Asier was born in La Linea de la Concepcion, provincia de Cadiz, (Spain) in 1976. He happily lived in Algeciras (good weather, good beaches, and good food) until finishing High School in 1994. Then he moved to Granada (not so good weather, nor beaches, but snow, good parties and good food) to study Pharmacy. After graduation in 1999, he joined the Medicinal Chemistry Department of University of Granada to perform his main passion, research. Meanwhile he was looking for supports to start his doctorate (in Spain that is a challenge), he was working several months as a pharmacist in a hospital of Granada and in a pharmacy shop of Algeciras. Thanks to the Fundacion Ramon Areces grant, he could start to work in the Espinosa Group and thus drive his life to the world of the inventions. As a result, he did a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry in the University of Granada. His project was centered in the synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds as adenosine receptor antagonists. However, his principal goals were achieved in heterocyclic synthesis. During the second year of his PhD, Asier was in the Baraldi Group of the University of Ferrara ( Italy) for nine months, where he undoubtedly realized that researcher life was his life. In December 2004 he became Doctor of Philosophy and, finally, he joined the Bradley Group in July of 2005, in which he is developing new high-throughput transfection methods and gene delivery reagents.

Asier is a voyager. He has been in the most important and beautiful European cities and, with a few exceptions, in its respective major festivities (Carnavales de Cadiz, Carnivale di Venezia, Fallas de Valencia, San Fermines de Pamplona, Feria de Sevilla, Feria de Malaga, Corpus and Cruces de Granada, St Patrick Day of Dublin, Primo Maggio di Roma, Ombralonga di Treviso, Palio di Siena, Festival of Edinburgh, etc) because he loves researching new places and new people.

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Dr Jeff Walton

Jeff was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife in 1977. He graduated from Heriot-Watt University in 2000 with a BSc in Chemistry. He then moved to the University of Manchester to obtain his PhD working under Prof. Patrick Bailey, studying aza-Diels-Alder methodology and total syntheses. Upon completing his PhD, he then undertook a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr Simon Webb at UMIST, working on designing novel surfactants for crystallising membrane bound proteins. In 2006 he joined Dr Nick Westwood’s group at St Andrews University, designing inhibitors for Trypanothione reductase and Toxoplasma Gondii. At the start of 2008 he moved to Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals to take up a position as a medicinal chemist, before joining Prof. Mark Bradley’s group at the end of that year to work on the ITI project. He has also gained experience working at Fermentech Ltd, BP and the James Black Foundation.

In his spare time Jeff enjoys playing football and baseball, and spending as much time as he can with his family.

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Dr. Miren K. Aiertza Otxotorena

Dr Miren K. Aiertza Otxotorena

Mentxu (as she likes to be known as!) was born in Ibarra (Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain) but lived in the neighbour town Tolosa for most of her life. Even though she started her chemistry degree in San Sebastian (University of the Basque Country), she finished it in Zaragoza specialising in Organic Chemistry. After a few years of teaching, research in ceramics and tiles, and studying for a masters in Management of Biotechnology she decided to move to Sheffield in 2004 to carry out a PhD in Chemical Biology with Dr. David M. Williams. During her doctorate she synthesised two O6-alkyl-2'-deoxyguanosine tricyclic analogues. In June 2008, Mentxu joined the Bradley Group to work on a synthetic biology project in collaboration with Professor Mike Tyers.

In her spare time she enjoys playing basketball, hiking, going to the cinema and concerts, and most of all the carnivals in Tolosa and any other festivals or nights out with good friends.

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Dr. Ferdous Khan
Dr Ferdous Khan

Ferdous joint the group in March 2006 after a postdoctoral fellow at Carleton University ( Canada ). He studied the “Structure / morphology and properties of polymers, smart materials and composites, solvent-induced crystallization / phase separation, polymer blends, Influence of supercritical fluids on the properties of polymers, and computational modelling” during his fellowship at Carleton. In 1999, he earned his PhD degree from Cranfield University (UK) in the area of polymer science. He received his post-secondary education from Dhaka University in Bangladesh . Currently, he is investigating the “Polymeric Vehicles for Cellular Delivery and Gene Therapy” mainly based on biodegradable polymer and stem cells.

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Dr. Eftychia Koini
Dr Eftychia Koini

Eftychia (Effie) was born in Tripoli in Greece in 1978 but grew up in Vironas (named after Lord Byron), a suburb of Athens. She studied Chemistry at the University of Athens and after graduation in 2002, she joined Dr T. Calogeropoulou’s group in the National Hellenic Research Foundation. She obtained her M.Sc degree from the Pharmacy Department, University of Athens in 2005 and then her PhD from the same faculty, in 2008. During her studies she focused mainly on the design and synthesis of heterocyclic compounds with multifunctional pharmacological profile. In November 2008, Effie joined the Bradley Group to work on Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) encoded libraries for enzymatic assays.

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Dr Nicos Avlonitis
Dr Nicos Avlonitis

Nicos was born in 1973 in Piraeus, Greece. He completed his BSc in Chemistry at the University of Thessaloniki. After completing his national service he joined the Institute of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (IOPC) of the National Hellenic Research Foundation in 1999 to undertake postgraduate studies under the supervision of Dr T. Calogeropoulou. He obtained his MSc (2001) in Medicinal chemistry (where he worked on the design and synthesis of ether phospholipids with antileishmanial activity) and then obtained his PhD in 2006 (where he worked on the design and synthesis of neuroactive steroids). In November 2006 he accepted a post-doctoral position at the University of St Andrews, with Dr S. Conway, where he worked on the synthesis of “caged” capsaicin derivatives and the “caged” mitochondrial uncoupler AG10. In 2008, he returned to IOPC as a research associate and his main research interests were focused on the synthesis of biologically active molecules, the development of selective molecular probes for biological systems and the development and the application of novel methodologies in organic synthesis. In early 2009 he joined the MRC/Centre of Inflammation Research and Prof. Bradley’s Group as a postdoctoral researcher, where he works on the synthesis of chemical probes for in vivo molecular imaging.  

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Mike Swift
Dr Mike Swift

Mike was born and raised in central Scotland. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Dundee in Biological Chemistry (graduated 2005) and his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Glasgow (graduated 2009). During his Ph.D. Mike worked on development of new rearrangement methodologies for natural product synthesis under the supervision of Dr Andrew Sutherland.

Mike joined the Bradley group in November 2008 and is currently working alongside JuanJo on a Scottish Enterprise Proof of Concept project.

In his spare time, Mike enjoys many sports, playing guitar and reading.

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Dr Mazen Sleiman

 

Mazen was born in beirut (Lebanon) in 1979.  He graduated from the Faculty of Sciences at the Lebanese University in 2002 with a Bsc in Chemistry. Then he moved to Lyon, France in 2002 to finish his master's under the supervision of Pr Helene Parrto Lopez working on amphiphilic cyclodextrins. After that he worked on his PhD where he joined the group of Prof. Marc Gingras in Nice for a year and a half and Pr Peter Goekjian in Lyon for another year and a half working on the synthesis and the evaluation of Polysulfurated Glycoligands.

In 2007 he joined the group of Dr Anne Imberty at the CERMAV (Grenoble) to test my ligands on lectins for a period of two months. After he finished his PhD,  he joined the group of Dr Maria Screttas in 2008 at the NHRF in Athens (Greece) working on dendrimer synthesis.

In his spare time he enjoys reading, running, swimming and working out from time to time.

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Dr. Rong Zhang
Dr Rong Zhang

Rong Zhang (Li-zhong Zhang) was born in Chongqing, China. He graduated from the Sichuan University in polymer chemistry and engineering in 1992. He obtained his M.Sc degree from the Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1995, and then he worked until 2000. In 2003, Rong earned his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from Sheffield University in the area of the conducting polymer composites, under the Supervision of Professor Peter V. Wright. Since then he was employed as a postdoc in the same department. He joined Professor Bradley group in 2006. His project is mainly about the developing biocompatible polymer micro-arrays for cellular growth and release with applied stimuli.

In his spare time he likes hiking, playing badminton, reading, talking and playing games with his daughter.

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Sunay

Dr Sunay V. Chankeshwara

Sunay was born in 1981 (India) and started to study chemistry in 2002 at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), India. He earned his M. S. (Dec. 2003) and Ph.D (Dec. 2008) in Medicinal Chemistry under the tutelage of Prof. Asit K. Chakraborti.  During doctoral research he also worked on project involving synthesis of Phosphodiestrase-4 Inhibitors as Anti–Asthma Agents, which was co-sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India) and Ranbaxy Research Laboratories (RRL, Gurgaon) under Industry Academia Joint Programme. In February 2009, Sunay joined Prof. Mark Bradley’s Group as Ubiquitin Proteasome System Programme Research fellow. In his spare time he enjoys playing Cricket, Badminton and traveling.

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Adam Belsom
Adam Belsom

Writing Up

Adam was born in Ashford , Kent (1981) and grew up in the area known as The Garden of England, famous for its white cliffs and stoic people. He graduated with a double honours degree in Chemistry and Biochemisty from the University of Southampton in 2004. Adam travelled to the American Midwest where he worked as a salesperson before arriving back in the UK working as a peptide chemist for 6 months at Activotec Southampton. In May 2005 Adam joined the Bradley Group at the University of Edinburgh as a PhD student to work on dynamic combinatorial library synthesis on microarrays supported by Tripos Inc. Outside the laboratory Adam spends his time tasting whisky. Adam watches mostly independent films. He is happiest when he is on his bike or at the top of a big hill.

 

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Ola Liberska
Aleksandra Liberska

4th Year Writing Up

Aleksandra (Ola) was born in Poznan in Poland in 1979. She has graduated from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan in 2003, Faculty of Chemistry and after these studies she has completed postgraduate studies at the University of Economics in Poznan in 2003. Ola has a certificate an Internal Auditor of Integrated Management Systems according to ISO 9001:2001 and ISO 14001:1996.


In September 2005 Ola joined the Bradley Group at University of Edinburgh as a PhD student to work on solid-phase synthesis of amphiphilic dendrimers for DNA delivery.

Outside the lab Ola spends her time reading, walking and shopping. She loves polish food.

 

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Delphine Pouchain
Delphine Pouchain

Submitted Thesis, awaiting viva

Delphine was born in Amiens , North of France, in 1981. She graduated with a 5-year-university degree DEA in Chemistry of Biomolecules, at the University of Montpellier II . During that time, she also did two 6 month placements at the Amino acids, Peptides and Proteins Laboratory (LAPP) in the University of Montpellier II . She joined the Bradley group in October 2004 and is currently working on Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNAs) and microarrays. In her spare time, she enjoys going to the cinema, reading, swimming, cooking.

 

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Frank Bowler

3rd Year PhD

Frank was born in Stoke-On-Trent, but grew up in Argyll in Scotland . He graduated from the University of St Andrews in 2006 with an MChem in Medicinal Chemistry, spending the penultimate year of his degree on an industrial placement with Pfizer at Sandwich in Kent . In his final year degree project, he greatly enjoyed working for Prof Paul Kamer on DNA based transition metal catalyst assemblies. After graduation Frank spent a short spell working for Prof Peter Sadler on photoactivated platinum anticancer complexes, before transferring to the Bradley group to begin his PhD in June 2007. His research is focused on the use of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) for DNA sequencing and SNP analysis. In his free time, Frank enjoys cross-country running (occasionally!), and travelling and going out to the cinema and theatre with his wife, Jennifer.

 

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Geraldine Escher

2nd Year PhD

Geraldine was born in Belfort, in the North-East of France, in 1984. After gaining an HND in Organic Chemistry, at the University of Besancon (France), she graduated with a five-year University degree "Master Recherche" in Biomolecular Chemistry, at the University of Montpellier II. During her studies, she had the opportunity to do 5 internships (4 in France:COBS, LAPP, CRBA and UMIB and 1 in Canada : College de l'Outaouais).She joined the Bradley group in September 2007 and she is currently working on the synthesis of peptoid carrier for cellular delivery of biologically active molecules.

Out of work, Geraldine enjoys travelling (11 countries), reading, walking, skiing (when there is some snow) and of course spending a lot of time with her friends (in restaurants, the cinema, the pub...)


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Graham Henderson
Graham Henderson

3rd Year PhD

Graham graduated from the University of Glasgow with an MSci in Chemistry in June 2005, where he worked on anti-cancer drug research with Prof. David Robins and the Beatson Oncology Laboratories. He joined the Bradley Group in August 2006 to work on peptide based microarrays for cell binding and cell marker identification. In his spare time Graham enjoys socialising, the cinema and going to the gym.

 

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Jose Pedrosa
Jose Pedrosa

Submitted Thesis, awaiting viva

Jose was born in Andujar (Jaen) (South of Spain). He has a degree in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Granada ( Spain). He was working at physical-chemical parameters of fragrances and essential oils, as well as the formulations of soaps and chromatography analysis of fatty acid of soaps , during six months at DGF-Universal Fragrances Company. During that time he was studying a Msc in water and environmental management.-. Then he came to UK (2000) and earned a MSc in Chemical Research and Process in Liverpool University, before working during 6 months in the Stanley group in the project (asymmetric epoxidation of alpha-betha unsaturated derivatives using polyleucine). Later he joined to the Bradley Group working in the PhD of highthrough put screening of inkjet materials He enjoys the music, reading, food and a good wine.

 

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Juan Manuel Cardenas-Maestre

Juan Manuel Cardenas-Maestre

2nd Year PhD

Juanma was born and grew up in Cartaya, a small village in Huelva . Huelva belongs to Andalucia-the best part of Spain he says-.
He graduated in Pharmacy in 2006 from Granada University . Afterwards he was working in Dr. Gomez Vidal’s group in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at Granada University and from January 2007 he is working under the supervision of Dr Rosario Sanchez-Martin in the project named “Microspheres for cellular sorting, manipulation, multiplexing and in situ sensing”.


He is really happy here because he thinks that he is working in one of the best research groups in UK and this will be very good experience for him.


He loves adventure sports like snowboarding, mountain biking and surfing as well as going to spectacular live concerts of good groups such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, Rolling Stones...

 

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Mariona Valles Miret
Mariona Valles Miret

2nd Year PhD

Mariona was born in a little village near Barcelona, surrounded by wine and human towers, in Catalunya. She studied Chemistry in Institute of Chemistry of Sarria where she graduated in June 2006. One year later, she got a Master in Biomedical Research in Pompeu Fabra University and joined Mark Bradley’s group where she’s doing her PhD in the field of microarrays.

She loves cooking and eating, reading and almost all sports. She likes travelling around, being in contact with nature and she enjoys being surrounded by good friends.


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Matthew Bacon
Matt Bacon

1st Year PhD

Matthew was raised in Lincoln, surrounded by cows and cathedrals. Matt did his undergraduate degree at the University of Nottingham, where he obtained a MSci in Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry.

He joined the world famous Bradley Group in September 2008, where he will work on a project in conjunction with the Nash Group based in the Royal Dick Vet School at the University of Edinburgh.

In his spare time he enjoys socialising with friends, swimming, live music and travelling.


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Mei Wu
Mei Wu

1st Year PhD

Mei was born and grew up in a beautiful mountain city, Chongqing (southwest of China), until 2003 when she moved to Chengdu for her undergraduate degree in Pure Chemistry in the University of Sichuan. After graduating, she continued her studies there (Master of Analytical Chemistry) under the supervision of Prof. An-ping Deng. In 2008, Mei was very happy to join in Bradley Group at the University of Edinburgh, working on the field of micrroarrays.


In her free time, Mei enjoys reading, hiking, playing badminton and she loves Chinese food, especially hot pot.

 

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Rahimi
M. Rahimi Yusop

1st Year PhD

Rahimi was born and grew up in small village surrounded by paddy fields near Parit Buntar Perak, Malaysia. He graduated in Oleochemistry from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)–National University of Malaysia in 2003. He was awarded a scholarship from Malaysian Palm Oil Board to further his study at Advanced Oleochemical Technology Division (AOTD) and obtained his M.Sc degree (palm-based surfactants) in 2005 from the same University. He was appointed as a lecturer in Oleochemistry Department at Faculty of Science and Technology, UKM, Bangi. Thus, he was awarded a scholarship from Malaysia government to pursue his further study as required by the university. Due to the very strong support from Professor Mark Bradley, he was allocated a training position funded by School of Chemistry University of Edinburgh to undertake PhD research in Bradley group started from February 2008. His research area is in chemical biology and focused on Palladium chemistry and its application both in chemistry and biology, solid phase synthesis, flow and click chemistry. Here, he lives happily in lovely-flat nearby the City of Edinburgh with his beloved wife (Norly) and son (Irfan Hadif).

 

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Salvatore Pernagallo
Salvatore Pernagallo

3rd Year PhD

Salvatore was born in Catania (Italy) and lived happily in Scordia, a citrus village located in Catania's lowlands where his beloved parents still live. After High School he moved to Catania to study Molecular Biology at the Homonym University. During his degree he acquired his military service for the "60° Battaglione Fanteria Col di Lana" in Trapani (Italy). He got his degree in December 2004, the subject of his thesis being "Genomics and Evolution of the Apoptotic Machinery" under the supervision of Prof. Michele Purrello and Prof. Alfredo Ferro in the Biomedical Science Department.


After graduation, he won a position as a medical genetics trainee in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Catania, where he successfully has completed the first year of four. In May 2006 Salvatore took a break from his studies in Catania to join the Bradley Group at Edinburgh University as a PhD student. He is currently working on high-throughput screening of polymer supports for suspension cells and analysis of gene expression profiles.


Outside the lab he is an international wrestling referee (Greco-Roman and Free Stile) so has the opportunity to travel around Europe. In his spare time he loves cooking Italian food…perhaps because he loves eating it as well!!

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Ana Lozano

1st Year PhD

Ana was born in León (Spain) in 1985. She graduated in Chemistry from the University of Salamanca (Spain) in 2008. As an undergraduate, she completed four research internships (Institute of Photonic Sciences of Barcelona, Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona, Institute of Physical Chemistry of Vienna and Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology of Warsaw).


In 2009, she joined the Bradley Group. Her research project (in collaboration with the Dutch Ctmm) is focused on PNA encoded libraries for profiling kinases involved in leukemia.

 

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Songsak Planonth
Songsak Planonth

4th Year Writing Up

Song was born in 1980 in Chonburi, Thailand. In 2003, he graduated in Chemistry from Mahidol University, Bangkok. In the final year of the degree, he worked under the supervision of Prof. Somsak Ruchirawat. While studying in the first year of his Master of Chemistry degree, he was awarded a scholarship from The Royal Thai Government to study abroad. He joined the Bradley group in May, 2005. His research projects focus on the synthesis of a functionalized fluorescent sensor and the synthesis of a library of lanthanide-binding proteins.

In his free time, he enjoys playing basketball, pool and sometimes football. Besides sports, he is also interested in photography and internet website design.

 

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Frank Thielbeer

1st Year PhD

Frank was born in Magdeburg located in East Germany. He did his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Leipzig. As part of his Masters, Frank studied abroad at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) but finished his studies about cell-adherent peptides in Leipzig.

In the Bradley Research Group Frank synthesises microspheres and nanospheres to investigate their applications in cellular delivery but also their toxicity.


When he is not in the lab, he enjoys cycling, hiking, socialising with his friends or just being out in nature.   

 

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Anne Hansen

1st Year PhD

Anne was born in the Bavarian metropolis Munich but soon moved to Hanover in North Germany. She started her chemistry studies at the University of Leipzig in East Germany. During her Master of Science, Anne studied also at the Ohio University in Athens (USA) but completed it back in Leipzig with work involving antimicrobial peptides.


Here, at the University of Edinburgh Anne investigates polymers and their ability to bind cells and influence their growth.


In her free time Anne enjoys to do handcrafts, to draw and to socialise with her friends.  

 

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Thingsoon
Thingsoon Jong

1st Year PhD

Thingsoon was born in Miri, Malaysia. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Chemistry in 2006, working under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. How SE (an alumna of the Bradley group) during the final year of his course.

Prior to his postgraduate studies, he has worked as a process engineer in the electronics manufacturing industry for 2 years. In 2009, he was awarded the MTEM/School of Chemistry Studentship (Edinburgh) to pursue his research interests in the field of flow synthesis and heterogeneous catalysis.

Outside of work, Thingsoon enjoys having a good holiday, savouring his mom’s cooking and reading thrillers.

 

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