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      Maisie completed her University of Nottingham BSc Neuroscience placement year in our team 2025-2026, optimising a tissue clearing protocol to make use of historical brain samples and generating light-sheet images for analysis.

      Maisie Smedley
      Undergraduate Placement Research Assistant

        Neuronal cell culture specialist. Annabelle managed our lab and supported all research projects within the team as well as specialising in neuronal cell culture and cell and tissue imaging in 2025-2026, funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.

        Annabelle Dale
        Research Assistant

          Bharat spent his MSc placement year as a research assistant, working on adipose tissue gene expression and regulation of adipocyte physiology in 3t3l1 cells

          Bharat Muthukumar
          Placement Research Assistant
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          Marwa started her PhD in February 2024 on hypothalamic regulation of energy balance

          Marwa Al-Khalidi
          PhD Student

            Arashdeep spent summer 2024 extracting RNA from adipose tissues in her summer placement

            Arashdeep Kaur
            Summer Placement Student
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            Joshua's project worked on a novel regulator of adipogenesis in mouse pre-adipocytes.

            Joshua Brunt
            Mbiol Project Student
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            Athira worked on the rhythmic expression of ZFHX3 in adipose tissues. Athira went on to work as a clinical data reviewer at Pfizer, UK.

            Athira Sukumaran Nair Jayalekshmy
            MRes Project Student
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