Our Team

 
 

Dr. Daniel Bose

I started my lab at Sheffield in March 2017. Before moving to Sheffield, I worked as a Post-doc in Prof. Shelley Berger’s lab at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and with Prof Xiaodong Zhang and Prof. Dale Wigley at Imperial College London.

I was awarded a Sir Henry Dale Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust and Royal Society in 2018.

2017-present: Research Fellow, SInFoNiA, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

2011-2016: Postdoctoral Research, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

2009-2011: Research Associate, Imperial College London, London, UK.

2004-2008: PhD Student, Imperial College London, London, UK

he/him, @danbose

 

Dr. Katie Gelder

I started my PhD in the Bose Lab in October 2019, and graduated in February 2024 before starting my postdoc. Previously, I completed an Integrated Master’s degree at the University of Sheffield studying Biochemistry and Genetics. As part of my Master’s year I completed a year in industry working at Eli Lilly, researching Alzheimer’s disease. I also previously undertook a summer research project at the University of Sheffield Medical School working with Professor Endre Kiss-Toth studying immunology.

2019 - present: PhD student, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK.

2018 - 2019: Master’s student in Industry, Eli Lilly, Erl Wood, Windelsham, Surrey.

2015 - 2019: Undergraduate student, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

 

Laura Harrison

I joined the Bose lab in October 2020 as a PhD student. Previously, I completed a BSc in Biochemistry and Genetics and an MSc in Human and Molecular Genetics at the University of Sheffield. During my MSc I studied the role of RNA-binding proteins in motor neurone disease and undertook a work placement in the oncology department at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Before starting my PhD, I worked as a laboratory technician at the University of Surrey.  

2020 - present: PhD student, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK.

2020: Laboratory Technician, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

2018- 2019: Postgraduate Taught student, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

2015 – 2018: Undergraduate student, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

 

Owen Godwin

2024-present

 

Dr. Nicola Carruthers

I joined the Bose lab in October 2019 as a PhD student and graduated in September 2023, before starting my postdoc. Before this I completed my undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and Genetics, here in Sheffield. For my third year project I worked in Dr. Ewald Hettema’s lab where I studied protein orthologs in yeast.

2019 - present: PhD student, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK.
2016 - 2019: Undergraduate student, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield

 
 

Grace Gilbert

2022 - present: PhD student, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK.

 

Rabiatul Adawiyah

2023 - present: PhD student, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK.

 

Rajpinder Singh

2023-present: PhD Student, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK.

 

Alumni

Alumni: Postdocs

Dr Archna Shah, PhD

2021 - 2024: PDRA, Bose Lab, University of Sheffield, UK. Working on cryoEM of chromatin regulatory complexes. Archna left us in summer 2024, and is now working as a PDRA at Imperial College London.

Alumni: PhD students

Dr. Petra Celadova, PhD.

2017-2022: PhD student, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK. Petra graduated in Summer 2022.

Dr. Alex Parker, PhD.

2021-2022: PhD student, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK. Alex joined the lab to complete her PhD in cryoEM after her former supervisor Julien Bergeron left the University.

Alumni: 4th Year MBiolSci (Integrated Masters) students

Vic Ferdinand

2023-2024: Graduated with a 1st class degree in 2024. 4th Year MBiolSci extended lab project.

Eve Dixon

2022-2023: 4th Year MBiolSci, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK.

Tomás Rocha-Lawrence

2022-2023: 4th Year MBiolSci, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK.

Connie Treanor

2022-2023: 4th Year MBiolSci, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK.

Sophie Ball

2021-2022: 4th Year MBiolSci, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK. Graduated Summer 2022 with a 2:1 honours degree.

Molly John

2020-2021: 4th Year MBiolSci, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK. Graduated Summer 2021 with a 1st class degree.

Monika Olejnik

2020-2021: 4th Year MBiolSci, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK. Graduated Summer 2021 with a 2:1 honours degree.

Luc Costello-Heaven

2019-2020: 4th Year MBiolSci, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK. Chris graduated in Summer 2020 with a 1st class degree, and was awarded the Mike Fowler Medal for creative science.

Christopher Callaghan

2018-2019: 4th Year MBiolSci, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK. Chris graduated in Summer 2019 with a 1st class degree, and was awarded the Mike Fowler Medal for creative science.

Christian Todaro

2017-2018: 4th Year MBiolSci, School of Biosciences, MCB, University of Sheffield, UK. Chris graduated in Summer 2018 with a 1st class degree

 

Alumni: MSc students

Naimah Hameed

Naimah joined the lab in March 2018 for her project placement as part of the Genomic Medicine MSc program. She graduated in January 2019 with a 1st (Distinction).

 


Alumni: Final Year Undergraduate Students

2019: Peyton Goddard, Georgie Hulme, Harry Heath

2018: Morgan Rustidge, Josh Zilate, James Taylor

 

Alumni: Summer Research Projects

We often accept and support undergraduate students on funded summer placements. Please get in touch if you are interested in discussing a summer placement.

Summer 2022:

Polly Dowdle (University of Leeds, Generation Research Summer Studentship)

Beckie Hunt (SURE summer studentship)

Summer 2018:

Sabina Musial (Genetics Society Summer studentship)

Imogen Gatehouse (SURE summer studentship)

Summer 2017:

Jonathan Ridgway (SURE summer studentship)