Current Team
Walid T. Khaled (PI)
Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology &
Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
University of Cambridge
PhD - University of Cambridge (2007) ~ Postdoc - Sanger Institute (2009) ~ CRUK CEA (2014) ~ Fellow of Magdalene College (2014) ~ Faculty member of the Breast Cancer Programme, CRUK Cambridge Centre (2016) ~ CRUK PFA (2021)
email: wtk22@cam.ac.uk
Sara Pensa (Senior Postdoc)
PhD - University of Turin (2009) ~ MSc - University of Turin (2005) ~ BSc - University of Turin (2003) ~ Current project: Identification of molecular mechanisms driving early stages of tumour development ~ Favourite techniques: FACS and Immunofluorescence
Alecia-Jane Twigger (Postdoc)
PhD - University of Western Australia (2017) ~ BSc - University of Western Australia (2012) ~ Current project: Understanding the effect of aging, parity and lactation status on the composition and signalling of the adult mammary gland ~ Favourite techniques: Immunofluorescence and scRNA-seq
Linsey Porter (Postdoc)
Hannah Baker (MPhil Student)
BA - University of Cambridge (2023) ~ Current project: Characterising cells in breast milk for early detection and monitoring of breast cancer
Jade-Ellen Brown (PhD Rotation Student)
BA - University of Nottingham ~ Mres - Imperial College London ~
Current project: Understanding transcriptional differences in pre and post treatment tissue from TNBC patients, as part of the Wellcome Leap project ~ Favourite technique: Immunofluorescence
Catriona Corbishley (PhD Student)
Jean Dillon (Research Assistant)
PhD - University of York (2006) BSc - University of York (2002) ~ Current project: Genotyping and lab management
Daniella Faurie (Research Assistant)
Giorgi Melia (Research Assistant)
Anna Munsey (Research Assistant)
MRes - University of Birmingham ~ BSc University of Birmingham ~ Current project: Developing an organoid culture system, ultimately aiming to model early stages of TNBC tumourigenesis ~ Favourite techniques: Organoid culture and 2D/3D immunofluorescence
Patrick Rainford (PhD Student)
Austin Reed (PhD Student)
Abigail Siu (Research Assistant)
BA - University of Cambridge (2022) ~ Current project: Identifying early detection methods for triple negative breast cancer ~ Favourite techniques: Immunofluorescence and organoid culture
Adam Spruce (PhD Student)
MPhil - University of Cambridge (2023) ~ BSc - University of East Anglia (2018) ~ Current project: The role of DNA damage factors in the pre-cancer aberrant differentiation of mammary luminal progenitor cells ~
Favourite techniques: Flow Cytometry and CRISPR
