Dr Irma O’Meara
Irma completed a PhD at the University of Manchester studying molecular imaging on mouse brain samples using the TOF-SIMS technique. Prior to joining MDC, Irma worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Manchester. During this time, Irma developed methods for applying Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) to a range of samples using cutting-edge techniques to answer biological questions. Irma has experience with imaging biological tissues using techniques […]
Dr Kerry Shea
Kerry has extensive expertise in drug discovery, primarily within the neuroscience and oncology disease areas. She has previously held roles at AstraZeneca and the DNA repair biotech company, KuDOS Pharmaceuticals, where she led oncology drug discovery projects from target identification through to candidate drug selection. At MDC she established a cell models capability in neuroscience […]
Dr Bruno Bellina
Dr Bruno Bellina obtained his PhD in Molecular Spectroscopy from the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1. He then moved for a year to the University of Southern California, Los Angeles (US) where he worked as a post-doctoral researcher in Molecular Physics. Following this, he joined the institute of biotechnology in Manchester (UK), as a post-doctoral […]
Dr Maike Langini
M.Sc. Maike Langini obtained her Master’s degree in Bio- and Pharmaceutical Analysis at the Fresenius university of applied sciences in Idstein (Germany). She is finishing her PhD in chemistry at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Germany) with Prof Kai Stühler in the Molecular Proteomics Laboratory. Previous research focused on lncRNA based perturbations of protein signatures […]
Tracy Hall
Tracy is an expert senior scientist who has a wealth of expertise over many years and now specialises in pre-clinical imaging technologies, which ultimately aims to advance innovative drug discovery, bringing medicines to patients, faster. An enthusiastic, proactive, very committed and hard-working individual Tracy has worked with a broad range of imaging modalities across a […]
Dr Philippa Hart
Philippa’s interest in MS imaging began during her PhD studies with the application of MALDI in the group of Prof. Malcolm Clench. Philippa has over 13 years of experience in the field gained in both academia and industry, including roles at both Shimadzu and Waters. During this time she gained experience in clinical applications of […]
Dr Paul Sharp
Paul is a Senior Preclinical Imaging Scientist with over 15 years of experience in driving innovation in translational research within academia and industry. Paul has a PhD in neuroscience and expertise across multiple therapeutics areas from oncology to CNS disorders, with a strong focus on applying anatomical and functional imaging modalities for disease phenotyping, PK/PD […]
Dr Michael Eyres
Michael joined Medicines Discovery Catapult as an intern at the start of 2019 at the end of his PhD in Oncology at Oxford University. Michael stayed at MDC to volunteer at the Lighthouse COVID test labs at the start of the pandemic and then joined MDC as a senior scientist in spatial biomarkers. Now he […]
Dr Lucy Frost
Following a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Warwick, Lucy joined Medicines Discovery Catapult in April 2021 as a Postdoctoral Scientist. Lucy has a key role in the biomarkers team to develop bioinformatic tools and pipelines for the visualisation and interpretation of transcriptomic data. Lucy combines knowledge in molecular biology with bioinformatic techniques […]