Our team
Professor Dan Davis – Lab Head and Professor of Immunology
Dan helped pioneer the use of microscopy to show how immune cells communicate with each other and detect disease in other cells, and I co-discovered the natural killer cell immune synapse and membrane nanotubes.
He wrote The Compatibility Gene and The Beautiful Cure, which was a Book of The Year in the Times, The Telegraph and New Scientist, and has been translated into over 15 languages.
Kevin Stacey – Lab Manager and Research Technician
Kevin graduated from Dublin City University with a BSc in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2006 and an MSc from Maynooth University in Immunology and Global Health in 2007.
In 2011 he obtained a PhD in Molecular Immunology from the Royal College of Sciences in Ireland.
Ashley Ambrose – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ashley studied for a BSc in Biomedical Science and MSc in Molecular Medicine at the University of Sheffield and then completed a PhD in Cardiovascular Science at the University of Leicester.
He is currently investigating the secretion of proteins and extracellular vesicles from NK cells and macrophages using an array of microscopy techniques.
Alexandros Karampatzakis – PhD Student
During his bachelor’s degree, Alexandros studied at the University of Thessaly in Larissa in the department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology.
At the University of Uppsala, he then did my master’s in Medical Research with a focus on molecular medicine. Currently, he is a PhD student in Professor Dan Davis’ lab, investigating the response of NK cells to variable mAbs therapies.
Camille Rey – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Camille studied Pharmacy at Paris XI University and did a PhD in Cellular Microbiology at Institut Pasteur (affiliated to Paris 7 University).
Email: camille.rey@manchester.ac.uk
Chloe Patterson – PhD Student
Chloe graduated from the University of Leeds in 2019 with a BSc in Medical Sciences, including a one year industrial placement within the Immuno-Oncology group at Kymab Ltd in Cambridge.
Her CRUK-funded research investigates the effects of cyclooxygenase-2-mediated inflammation on the anti-tumour immune response, primarily focusing on NK cells.
Ines Diaz del Olmo – PhD Student
Ines graduated from Alcala de Henares University with a BSc in Health Biology in 2015, with a year at the VIB centre in Brussels where she studied nanobodies.
In 2016 she completed an MRes in Microbiology from Autonomous University of Madrid. She is currently investigating the crosstalk between the complement system and the inflammasome in macrophages.
Jonathan Worboys – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Jonathan graduated from Imperial College London with a BSc in Biology, with a year in Europe in 2010.
In 2015 he completed a PhD in Cancer Biology from the Institute of Cancer Research in London. He completed a postdoc with Dr Gloria Lopez-Castejon in 2018, working on molecular aspects of inflammasome signalling before joining the Davis lab.
Khodor Hazime – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Khodor holds a master’s degree from the University of Leicester in Chronic Diseases and Inflammation and a PhD in Biomedical Science from the University of Sheffield. He is currently working on the nanoscale organisation of activating receptors on NK cells at Dan Davis’s lab.
Karoliina Tuomela – PhD Student
Karoliina graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a BSc in Biomedical Sciences (Pharmacology) and then completed an MRes in Oncology at the University of Manchester studying the effect of radiotherapy-immunotherapy combinations on anti-tumour immunity.
She is currently investigating how NK cell responses are affected by the treatment of cancer cells with radiotherapy.
Poppy Simmonds – PhD Student
Poppy studied Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford followed by an MRes in Cancer Informatics at Imperial College, and a stint in manufacturing with Professor Mark Lowdell at the Royal Free Hospital.
She is currently funded by the MRC to study NK cell mechanosensing of target cells, and human lung NK cell responses.
Roseanna Hare – PhD Student
Roseanna graduated with an integrated master’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Sheffield in 2017, having spent a year working for AstraZeneca in Sweden.
Prior to starting her PhD, she worked in the publishing department for the Nature journals. She is currently investigating the nanoscale organisation of therapeutically relevant inhibitory receptors in NK cells.
Susanne Dechantsreiter – PhD Student
Susanne studied chemistry in Germany, Australia and France and she is currently investigating the nano-dynamics of receptor molecules in the membrane of lung and blood-derived macrophages. She also studies the secretion of vesicles by macrophages.
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