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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Undergraduates
Sara Bocedi, ERASMUS+ Student, 2025
Imogen Good, Honours Student, 2025
Jack Lewis, Honours Student, 2025
Phoebe Proud, Summer Student, 2024
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Postgraduates
Dnyanada Khile, MScR Biomedical Sciences 2024
Valeria Gasporova, MSci Life Sciences 2026