People
Group Leader
Professor Julia Edgar
Julia did her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh, spending 3rd year at the University of California, San Diego. She completed her PhD in David Price’s lab at the University of Edinburgh, funded by a Wellcome Trust Prize Studentship. Afterwards she joined Ian Griffiths’ lab at the University of Glasgow, where she was introduced to myelin research and electron microscopy. She obtained a 4 year Multiple Sclerosis Society Fellowship in 2005 and was appointed Lecturer in Neuroscience at the University of Glasgow in 2009. In 2011 she joined Klaus Nave’s lab at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine in Goettingen, Germany, where she spent two years as a staff scientist. She returned to the University of Glasgow and restarted her lab in 2015, in the Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, now the School of Infection and Immunity.
Postdoctoral Members
Tabitha Green is a postdoctoral Research Assistant. Her project aims to study glial axonal interaction in the context of neurodegenerative disease.
Tabitha’s project is funded by the UK MS Society
PhD Students
Lina Komarek is PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Goettingen, Germany. Lina’s project is undertaken in collaboration with the Axo-Glial group and aims to understand how how axons signal to glial cells to obtain metabolic support.
Alistair Gamble is a final year PhD student, principally supervised by Marieke Pingen. Alistair’s project aims to understand how intrathecal lipid-specific IgMs protect against neurotropic viruses.
Alistair’s project is funded by the UK MS Society.
Patrick Hurley is a third year PhD student, based principally at the National University of Ireland, Galway. His project aims to investigate the role of B-cells in multiple sclerosis.
Shazia Yazdani is a final year PhD student. Her project aims to develop an in vitro model to study multiple sclerosis.
Shazia’s project is funded by the NC3Rs.
Erasmus Students
Sarah Wirth is a visiting Erasmus student.
Alumni
Katie Chapple, now post-doctoral RA, Graham Lab, University of Glasgow Karl Baldacchino, MSc student, now PhD student, Williams Lab, University of Edinburgh.
Eleanor McGowan, MSc student, now PhD student, King’s College, London.
Dr Katja Muecklisch (née Thuemmler), now senior postdoc, Wall Lab, University of Glasgow.
Dr Colin Crawford, PhD student, now postdoc in McColl Lab, University of Edinburgh.
Dr Lorna Hayden, PhD student, now Scientist at Merck, Glasgow.
Dr Verena Shultz, now postdoc in Murcia lab, University of Glasgow.
Dr Diana Arseni, PhD student, now postdoc in Ryskeldi-Falcon lab, Cambridge.
Rebecca Smith, now postdoc Williams lab, University of Edinburgh.
Gemma Thomson, MRes student, now Senior Scientific Officer at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research UK, Glasgow.
Dr Fredrik Gruenenfelder, PhD student, now Risk Management MD, Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany.
Dr Nicolas Snaidero, undergraduate student, now Principal Investigator, Technische Universität München, Germany.
Dr Kalliopi Ioannidou, PhD student, now Pathobiochemist, Centre of Experimental Therapeutics, University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland.