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Tom Trainer, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Debabrata Dutta, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Ellie Hanzi
PhD Student
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Hantao (Hanna) Wang
PhD Student
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Alice Ren
Structural Biology MRes student
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Aditya Iyer
Biomedical Research MRes student
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Soo Mei Chee, PhD
Lab Manager
Section Safety Coordinator -
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Szymon W. Manka, PhD
Group Leader
Alumni
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Lenka Mrazova
Structural Biology MRes student (2025/2026)
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Jayme E. Ramsay-Moodie
Structural Biology MRes student (2025/2026)
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Polina Ivanova
Intern (Sep 2026)
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Atiyeh Razavi
Biomedical Research MRes student (MBHD stream) (2025/2026)
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Sara Canoyra
Visiting PhD student (Feb-May 2026)
Collaborators
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Ex vivo prions, gene-targeted (knock-in) mouse models of prion disease, interspecies prion transmission
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CRISPR cell lines, prion-reporter lines, unbiased genetic screens, prion interactome
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Rodent-adapted ex vivo prion strains, PMCA-amplified prions, prion transmission barriers, adaptation, evolution, quasi-species
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Rodent-adapted scrapie prion strains
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Gene-targeted mouse models of chronic wasting disease, ex vivo CWD prion strains
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Bank vole prions, interspecies prion transmission
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Ex vivo prions, typical and atypical scrapie prions
https://www.inia.es/en-en/units/Institutes%20and%20Centres/CISA/Pages/Home.aspx
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Synthetic bank vole PrP amyloid
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Synthetic prions, PMCA, PMSA
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Transthyretin amyloidosis, mouse models of AL and TTR amyloidosis, tissue-derived (ex vivo) amyloid samples
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Patient-derived transthyretin amyloid, mouse models of TTR amyloidosis, mass spectrometry, anti-amyloid antibodies
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Nanoscale polymer-based drug delivery systems, inorganic nanoparticles, vaccine adjuvants, biomaterials
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soft X-ray tomography
Internal collaborations
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Innate immune surveillance of pathogen-induced actin-rich membrane protrusions by Guanylate Binding Proteins
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Bacterial amyloids and cellulose fibres
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Extracellular vesicles
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Bacterial extracts
Contact
Email
smanka@ic.ac.uk