Meet the Team
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Professor Andrew Beggs
Principal Investigator and Head of the Laboratory
Andrew is a professor of Genomics and Surgery at the University of Birmingham.
He is a cancer geneticist, who undertook his PhD in the laboratory of Professor Ian Tomlinson whilst he was based at the University of Oxford, followed by a post-doctoral period as a Wellcome Trust Clinician Scientist at the University of Birmingham.
He was awarded a Cancer Research UK / Royal College of Surgeons Advanced Clinician Scientist fellowship and promoted to professor in 2020. He has recently been awarded an MRC Senior Clinical Fellowship.
He is also a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
Our Scientists & Clinician-Scientists
Dr Mo Elasrag
Bioinformatician and Post-doctoral scientist
Dr Neeraj Lal
Academic Clinical Lecturer, post-doctoral scientist, General Surgeon
Dr Elaine Leung
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer (Gynaeoncology), Post-doctoral translational scientist
Ms Samita Patel
Research Technician, Specialist in tumour spheres, 3D tissue culture
Dr Maria Pinna
Senior Post Doctoral Scientist, Human Cancer Models
Dr Joanne Stockton
Post-doctoral scientist
Ms Louise Tee
Research Technician, CRISPR specialist and PhD Candidate
Dr Jing Zhang
Post-doctoral research associate, Cancer Models
Dr Samantha Tull
Genomics Facility Manager
Mr Matt Newbould
Genomics Specialist
Mr Luke Ames
CRUK ECMC Biomarker Validation Scientist
Ms Elena Efstathiou
Senior Research Technician
Mr Tom Nieto
Consultant Transplant Surgeon
Honorary Associate Professor of Transplant Surgery
Ms Kamila Orzechowska
Senior Genomics Techinician
Dr Zeynep Kaya
Post-doctoral research scientist, Cancer Models
Mr Nick Tovey
Senior Research technician, Cancer Genomics
Ms Kate Carruthers
Genomics Specialist
Ms Cristina Escribano-Gonzalez
Senior Genomics Technician
Ms Faleigh Harriot
Senior Genomics Technician
Ms Laura Bills
Senior Research Technician, Cancer Models
Ms Kaitlin Marley
Laboratory Techincian
The Students
The lab hosts numerous full-time PHD, Masters and Undergraduate students as well as students / postgraduates on observerships, work experience placements.
Helen Bermingham
PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, General Surgery Registrar, UK
Helen Robbins
CRUK PhD Candidate, Oncology Trainee, UK
Lina Antoun
PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar, UK
Shafquat Zaman
PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, General Surgery Registrar, UK
Rebecca Lefroy
MD / PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, General Surgery Registrar, UK
Louise Tee
PhD Candidate, Cancer and Genomics
Isaac Kim
PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, General Surgery Registrar
Michael Wong
PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, General Surgery Registrar
Alasdair Ball
PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, General Surgery Registrar
Nahla Elzefzafy
PhD Candidate, Egyptian Government Scholar
Duygu Erhan Keskin
PhD Candidate, Turkish Government Scholar
Alumni
Mr Mark Dilworth
MD 2013-2015, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, UK
Ms Aneta Drodz
Masters in Bioinformatics, 2020
Dr Neeraj Lal
PhD 2014-2017, General Surgeon, UK
Mr Thomas Nieto
PhD 2016-2019, Transplant Surgeon, UK
Dr Nabil Quraishi
PhD 2016-2019, Consultant Gastroenterologist
Dr Sally Hallam
PhD 2017-2021, General Surgeon,
UK
Dr Oliver Pickles
PhD 2018-2022, Oncologist, UK
Dr Toju Sillo
PhD 2018-2021, General Surgeon,
UK
Dr Robert Tyler
PhD 2018-2022, General Surgeon, UK
Dr Agata Stodolna
PhD 2017-2022
Nonacus
Dr Kasun Wanigasooriya
PhD 2018-2022, General Surgeon, UK
Ms Charlie Poxon
Genomic Technologist 2018-2023
Ms Celina Whalley
Genomics Facility Manager 2014-202
Ms Rachel Wheat
Research Technician 2019-2021
Dr Anetta Ptasinska
Genomic Technologist 2019-2023
Dr Victoria Simms
Post Doctoral Scientist, Cancer Research 2019-2022