Current Thomas lab
Dr. Benjamin Willson - BBSRC sLoLa funded Research Co-I (to October 2027)
Dr. Anna Alessi - BBSRC sLoLa project manager (part-time)
Orlagh Anderson - BBSRC White Rose DTP iCASE student with CHAIN Biotech (co-supervised by James Chong)
Ingrid Herdzik - Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies funded student (co-supervised by Ville Friman)
Rory Elston - BBSRC White Rose DTP iCASE PhD student with Glycom (co-supervied by Dani Ungar)
Justin Lau - Gates Foundation funded PhD student (primary supervisor Luke Mackinder)
Darren Phillips - EPSRC Mobility Pilot DTP student (with Ian Graham and the Biorenewables Development Centre)
Reyme Herman - BBSRC Unilever CTP PhD student (co-supervised with Tony Wilkinson)
Imran Khan - Burgess Scholar (co-supervised by Marjan van der Woude)
Javeria Mehboob - IBioIC/FDBK BBSRC CTP PhD student (co-supervised by Peter Ashton and Safwam Akram [University of Teesside])
Joshua Fair - EPSRC PhD student (primary supervisor Martin Fascione, Chemistry)
Abby Walklett - BBSRC White Rose DTP PhD student (primary supervisor Martin Fascione, Chemistry)
James Jeffries - ERC PhD student (primary supervisor Martin Fascione, Chemistry)
Vytaute Jurgeleviciute - BBSRC sLOLA funded lab technician
Daniel Game - BBSRC White Rose DTP PhD student (co-supervised by Marjan van der Woude)
Connor Munro - MRC DiMeN DTP PhD student (co-supervised by Marjan van der Woude)
Bethan Kinniment-Williams - Hull York Medical School (HYMS) funded PhD student (primary supervisor Marjan van der Woude)
Millie Curran - (primary supervisor Martin Fascione, Chemistry)
Bartosz Kowalski - (primary supervisor Martin Fascione, Chemistry)
Team MORF
Dr. Joyce Bennett - MORF business manager.
Dr. Sandy Macdonald - MORF/Biology Technology Facility funded PDRA
Dr. Vicki Springthorpe - THYME/HVB funded funded PDRA
November 2013. From left to right. Rosanna Hennessy, Chris Carrick, Kazuki Iikuka, Dan Bawdon, Con Drousiotis, Henrique Neves and Gavin Thomas.
2012
Lab photo outside Heslington Hall after lunch in Heslington to celebrate Abbas getting a postdoc position at the John Innes Centre in June. From left to right: Amna Afzal, Abbas Maqbool, Gavin Thomas, Daniel Bawdon, Vashek Stemberk. Fatima took the picture :-).
2011
Lab photo December 2011 (on Nadine's last day). From left to right. Gavin Thomas, Dan Bawdon, Abbas Maqbool, Nadine Grutser, Miranda Smith, Katie Norville.
Lab photo Jan 2011 (from left to right). Abbas Maqbool, Dan Bawdon, Chris Mulligan, Gavin Thomas, Sandy Macdonald, Rosie Dixon, Catherine Hall, Ka To, Kris Moore.
2010
Lab photo Jan 2010. Back row (left to right), Chris Mulligan, Elisabeth Schwab, Abbas Maqbool, Gavin Thomas, Adam Hopkins. Front row (left to right) Katharina Graupner, Judith Hawkhead, Megan Roberts, Sophie McKenna, Sandy Macdonald, Chris Carrick.
2008
Thomas lab pic Summer 2008. From left to right: Kathy Lau, Adam Hopkins, Judith Hawkhead, Sandy Macdonald, Chris Mulligan, Gavin Thomas, Abbas Maqbool, Jan Weber, Ruth Hunter.
The first Thomas lab photo circa 2003 - Raju Misra (the first Thomas lab PhD student), Wolfgang Reindl and Gavin.
Also Wolfgang posted a photo of the first poster from the Thomas lab, which Raju presented in the Biology atrium sometime we think in 2003.
Recent members of the Thomas lab
Dr. Matthew Rose - BBSRC sLoLa funded PDRA (with Dr. Jamie Blaza)
Max Stafford - self-funded Masters by Research student (co-supervised by Marjan van der Woude). Now Fast Track Civil Service scheme.
Dr. Michelle Rudden - Lecturer in Skin Microbiology in HYMS Hull (and collaborator)
Dr. Sarah Tindall - Current travelling in New Zealand.
Dr. Liam Chapman - researcher with Scottish Biotech company.
Dr. James Southwell - PDRA in Paris
Dr. Rebecca Hall - PDRA in the McNally Lab, University of Birmingham. @DrRebeccaJHall.
Dr. Steve Thorpe - PDRA in Oxford Uni.
Dr. Ivan Gyulev - scientist at the Sanger Centre
Dr. Bryony Ackroyd - scientist at AstraZeneca
Dr. Sophie Rugg - moved to Fujifilm Diosynth Biotech on Teesside.
Dr. Constantinos Drousiotis. PDRA in Biology.
Dr. Kazuki Iizkua - returned to USA.
Pejvak Moghimi - completed PhD in London.
Dr. Daniel Bawdon - moved to head of strain development at Invista, Teesside.
Caua Westmann - returned to Brazil to complete undergraduate studies.
Dr. Rosanna Hennessy - Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dr. Chris Carrick - complete PhD Summer 2014.
Henrique Neves - Science without Borders students & later student technician. Now completed PhD in Brazil.
Fatima Nadat - Completed MSc by research in 2013. Now completed PhD in Leeds.
Nadine Grutser - Visiting Master's student from University of Cologne.
Dr. Abbas Maqbool - currently PDRA in Mark Banfield's lab at the John Innes Centre, Norwich
Dr. Vashek Stemberk - current training as clinical fellow in the NHS.
Dr. Sandy Macdonald - Product developer, Pimoroni, Sheffield. Returned to MORF team in 2020.
Chloe Murtin (visiting student from Lyon, France)
Mrs Judith Hawkhead - research technician in Biology
Dr. Christopher Mulligan - Lecturer in Biochemistry, University of Kent, UK.
Dr. Marcus Fischer (YSBL with Prof. Rob Hubbard) - Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty, St. Jude Research Hospital, USA.
Dr. Adam Hopkins - now research leader at Demuris in Newcastle.
Dr. Emmanuele Severi - Joined Phico Therapeutics in Cambridge. Rejoining the lab in Jan 2016. Now PDRA with Tracy Palmer FRS in Newcastle.
Dr. Richard Horler - Bioinformatician at the John Innes Centre, Norwich.
Dr. Raju Misra - Head of Division, Molecular Lab team, National History Museum.
Max Stafford - self-funded Masters by Research student (co-supervised by Marjan van der Woude). Now Fast Track Civil Service scheme.
Dr. Michelle Rudden - Lecturer in Skin Microbiology in HYMS Hull (and collaborator)
Dr. Sarah Tindall - Current travelling in New Zealand.
Dr. Liam Chapman - researcher with Scottish Biotech company.
Dr. James Southwell - PDRA in Paris
Dr. Rebecca Hall - PDRA in the McNally Lab, University of Birmingham. @DrRebeccaJHall.
Dr. Steve Thorpe - PDRA in Oxford Uni.
Dr. Ivan Gyulev - scientist at the Sanger Centre
Dr. Bryony Ackroyd - scientist at AstraZeneca
Dr. Sophie Rugg - moved to Fujifilm Diosynth Biotech on Teesside.
Dr. Constantinos Drousiotis. PDRA in Biology.
Dr. Kazuki Iizkua - returned to USA.
Pejvak Moghimi - completed PhD in London.
Dr. Daniel Bawdon - moved to head of strain development at Invista, Teesside.
Caua Westmann - returned to Brazil to complete undergraduate studies.
Dr. Rosanna Hennessy - Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dr. Chris Carrick - complete PhD Summer 2014.
Henrique Neves - Science without Borders students & later student technician. Now completed PhD in Brazil.
Fatima Nadat - Completed MSc by research in 2013. Now completed PhD in Leeds.
Nadine Grutser - Visiting Master's student from University of Cologne.
Dr. Abbas Maqbool - currently PDRA in Mark Banfield's lab at the John Innes Centre, Norwich
Dr. Vashek Stemberk - current training as clinical fellow in the NHS.
Dr. Sandy Macdonald - Product developer, Pimoroni, Sheffield. Returned to MORF team in 2020.
Chloe Murtin (visiting student from Lyon, France)
Mrs Judith Hawkhead - research technician in Biology
Dr. Christopher Mulligan - Lecturer in Biochemistry, University of Kent, UK.
Dr. Marcus Fischer (YSBL with Prof. Rob Hubbard) - Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty, St. Jude Research Hospital, USA.
Dr. Adam Hopkins - now research leader at Demuris in Newcastle.
Dr. Emmanuele Severi - Joined Phico Therapeutics in Cambridge. Rejoining the lab in Jan 2016. Now PDRA with Tracy Palmer FRS in Newcastle.
Dr. Richard Horler - Bioinformatician at the John Innes Centre, Norwich.
Dr. Raju Misra - Head of Division, Molecular Lab team, National History Museum.