Tereza is an EPSRC Postdoctoral Pathway Scheme Fellow developing new NMR pulse sequences for multinuclear NMR metabolomics to improve the diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Building upon her DPhil research, she aims to expand the analytical capabilities of NMR spectroscopy for studying complex biological samples and to enable simultaneous detection of multiple nuclei relevant to metabolism. By combining analytical chemistry, biochemistry, and data science, her work seeks to enhance the sensitivity and translational potential of NMR-based biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
She completed her DPhil in Chemistry under the supervision of Prof James McCullagh and Dr Fay Probert, focusing on NMR and mass spectrometry-based metabolomics in Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
Outside the lab, Tereza enjoys running, early morning gym sessions, and listening to classical music and opera.

Nick is a post-doc interested in understanding what rules govern how biomolecules are separated into membraneless organelles, particularly in human neurons in the context of neurological disease. Prior to joining the lab, Nick trained extensively as a neurobiologist at King’s College London (PhD) and Oxford (post-doc, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience) using human stem cell-derived neuronal models of autism, schizophrenia, and Parkinson’s disease to establish new molecular mechanisms of disease origins. Outside the lab, Nick enjoys playing the bass guitar, watching cult films, and the occasional pub quiz.

Sonia is a postdoc working on liquid-liquid phase separation properties of some proteins. This particular property leads to the formation of membraneless organelles inside cells, with functions that are not yet fully understood. The aim of her research project is to decipher the function of these liquid droplets as catalysts for chemical reactions. Moreover, she is interested in studying how these proteins could or not interact with each other.
Sonia completed her PhD in 2023 under the supervision of Dr. Sandrine Sagan and Dr. Astrid Walrant at the Laboratoire des Biomolécules at Sorbonne Université in Paris, where she focused on understanding the mechanisms of membrane interaction and cellular uptake of cell penetrating peptides. She also obtained the French aggregation in physics and chemistry in 2019. She likes to spend her free time walking, reading, or meditating.

Virginia was a doctoral student with the Systems Approaches to Biomedical Science CDT, and is jointly supervised by collaborators at EliLilly. The main aim of her research is understanding the mechanisms of amyloid protein aggregation and inhibition using NMR and chemical kinetics approaches. She has also recently started working on the partitioning of small molecules into membraneless organelles. She is generally interested in studying biologically relevant phenomena at the protein interaction level, and in the combination of modelling and experimental approaches.  
Virginia’s background is in Biomedical Sciences (UAB, Spain, 2014) and she later completed an MRes in Molecular Biophysics at King’s College London, funded by a LaCaixa Fellowship for Postgraduate Studies in Europe. During her masters thesis in Prof. James McDonnell’s lab, she focused on the structural asymmetry and allostery of the immunoglobulin E constant region. After finishing her Dphil in group was working as a postdoc on the project about membraneless organelles, before starting a new role in the Nuffield Department of Medicine.
Outside the lab, Virginia plays the cello in the Oxford Millenium Orchestra, as well as being part of the Oxford University Table Tennis Team.