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)