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Faculty of Medicine

A Sir Henry Dale Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Regulatory Genomics in the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, specializes in regulatory genomics in the context of human disease and comes with a wealth of experience in genome analysis.

Faculty of Medicine

Dr Demetra Georgiou is a genetic counsellor and Genomic Transformation Manager at the Imperial College NHS Trust and carries an honorary position with the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction. She brings her experience in integrating genomics to advance precision medicine and improve patient care.

Faculty of Medicine

Dr Fleur van Dijk is a consultant clinical geneticist & research lead in the North West Thames Regional Genetics Service covering a population of 6.9 million. She is an honorary lecturer at the department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Section of Genomics & Genetics. Her main drive is to translate clinical problems into academic questions and solutions for the benefit of the patients. 

Faculty of Medicine

Functional assays - Molecular and patient-cell based models

Vanessa Sancho Shimizu has extensive experience in molecular genetics and in developing patient cell-based assays spanning primary cells to iPSC-derived 2D and 3D models systems for functional validation of genetics variants.

Faculty of Engineering

Functional assays – Development and application of models

Professor Darryl Overby is Professor of Mechanobiology, is a renowned expert in biomechanics with a focus on understanding the role of mechanical forces in regulating cellular function and tissue health, particularly in the context of glaucoma and ocular diseases.

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Functional assays – genome editing

Dr Matthew Child is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Life Sciences and leads a Functional -Chemo-Proteo-Genomics lab where he focusses on understanding the contribution of individual amino acids to protein function and organisms in live cells, at genome scale.

Faculty of Natural Sciences

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