
Lab Members

Eugenia Arrieta-Sanz
Research Assistant (funded by Cancer Research UK RadNet)

Samah Awwad Diab
Postdoctoral fellow (funded by the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research). Research interest: Mapping novel functional interactions in mammalian DNA repair and exploring their potential clinical utility.

Aldo Bader
Postdoctoral fellow (funded by a Wellcome Early Career Award)
Research interests: Molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis in mammalian cells

Rimma Belotserkovskaya
Senior postdoctoral fellow (funded by Cancer Research UK and GSK)
Research interests: DNA repair and chromatin

Fadia Bou Dagher
Graduate student (MB/PhD, Harding Distinguished Postgraduate Scholar)
Research interests:
Functional and mechanistic investigations into cellular responses to DNA damage

Megan Cassidy
Postdoctoral fellow (funded by GSK)
Research interests: Cellular responses to DNA repair enzyme inhibitors

Josie Coulthard
Research Technician (funded by the Mark Foundation)

Mukerrem Demir
Research Assistant and Lab Manager (funded by Cancer Research UK)

Kate Dry
Information Specialist: Background in molecular genetics with successful postdoctoral experience in both academic and commercial settings (funded by Cancer Research UK and the ERC).

Yaron Galanty
Senior Postdoctoral fellow (funded by Cancer Research UK and the ERC)
Research interests: Post-translational modification of DNA damage response proteins.
In addition to his research interests, Yaron carries out important roles advising other lab members, supervising both graduate and undergraduate students

Verena Gautsch
Graduate student (funded by a School of Clinical Medicine, DTP-MR PhD studentship and a Cambridge Trust Scholarship)
Research interests: Deciphering epistatic interactions in genome stability: Therapeutic implications in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

Chen Gang Goh
Graduate student (National Science Scholarship, A*STAR Graduate Academy). Research interests: Elucidating mechanisms of DNA damage repair through CRISPR base editor screens

Nadia Gueorguieva
Research Assistant (funded by the ERC DDREAMM project)

Alex Hart
Research Assistant (funded by GSK)

Simon Lam
Postdoctoral Bioinformatician (funded by the ERC and GSK)

Oliver Lewis
MPhil student (funded by Cancer Research UK)
Research interests: Understanding DNA damage repair mechanisms and PARP inhibitor resistance.

Kathy Oswald
Research Administrator (funded by Cancer Research UK)

Chloe Palma Chaundler
Graduate student (funded by Cancer Research UK)
Research interests: Identifying and mapping DNA repair mechanisms

Teressa Paulsen
Postdoctoral fellow (funded by Cancer Research UK). Research interest: Investigating DNA damage response and stress factors to enhance radiotherapeutic efficacy.

Emma Reilly
Graduate student (funded by an AstraZeneca-University of Cambridge PhD studentship)
Research interests: Error-corrected sequencing of carcinogenic
nitrosamines in a human liver spheroid model

Sean Richards
Research Assistant/graduate student (funded by Cancer Research UK)

Almudena Serrano-Benitez
Postdoctoral fellow (funded by the ERC)
Research interests: Molecular mechanisms involved in the DNA damage response and topoisomerases

Patryk Slazak
Research Assistant (funded by GSK)

Mike Woods
Bioresearch Manager (funded by Cancer Research UK)

Andrea Voigt
Research Assistant (funded by the ERC). Research interests: Quantitative proteomics approaches to study the DNA damage response

Jordan Wilson
Graduate student (funded by the ERC DDREAMM project).
Research interests: Exploring the genetic space of the DNA damage response with CRISPRi titration

























