• Nezha Benabdallah

    Group Leader

    Nezha holds a Chancellor's Fellowship at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh.

    Before establishing her group in Edinburgh, Nezha worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) and at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. She received her PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK.

  • Libby Wray

    Research Assistant

    Libby's project focuses on understanding the mechanisms of gene fusions driving small blue round cell sarcomas (USRCS or Ewing-like). Using novel models developed in the laboratory, her work will contribute to a better understanding of the biology behind these tumours.

    Libby did her undergraduate degree and completed a MScR by Research in Cellular and Molecular Medicine in Bristol.

  • Lucia Puchades Gimeno

    PhD student

    Lucia's project focuses on investigating gene fusions associated with endometrial stromal sarcomas and and how they contribute to different tumour grade.

    Lucia did her undergraduate degree in Molecular Genetics at the University of Dundee and has joined the lab with a MRC DTP studentship.

  • Anne-Caroline Peschard

    Post-Graduate student

    Anne-Caroline is characterising the composition of the Polycomb Repressive complex in synovial sarcoma with the intend to design therapeutic strategies.

    Anne-Caroline’s laboratory placement is part of degree in AgroParisTech, France.

Alumni

  • Undergraduates

    Sara Bocedi, ERASMUS+ Student, 2025

    Imogen Good, Honours Student, 2025

    Jack Lewis, Honours Student, 2025

    Phoebe Proud, Summer Student, 2024

  • Postgraduates

    Dnyanada Khile, MScR Biomedical Sciences 2024

    Valeria Gasporova, MSci Life Sciences 2026