People

Lab Members

Associate Investigators

Huanhuan Li

Huanhuan joined our Lab in March 2021 from FMI (Switzerland) where she was a post-doc for 3 years. To find out about Huanhuan's work click here.

Post-docs

Chuanxin Chen

Chuanxin joined us in January 2021 from Purdue University (USA) where he was a post-doc. Chuanxin has a background in Chemical Engineering and Technology. To find out about Chuanxin Chen's work click here.

Lab Manager/Personal Assistant

Xudan Peng

Xudan joined our lab in September 2022.

Research Assistants

Haiping Luo

Haiping joined our lab in November 2023. Haiping did her Masters studies at South China University of Technology.

Yuanshen Zhao

Yuanshen joined our lab in September 2023. Yuanshen did his Masters studies at Jilin University.

Shaoqiang Ning

Shaoqiang joined our lab in July 2023. Shaoqiang did his Masters studies at Southern Medical University

Xinggu Wang

Xinggu joined our Lab in November 2022. Xinggu did her Masters at the the Imperial College

PhD students

Jiahui Huang

Jiahui joined our Lab in July 2022, initially as Research Assistant. Jiahui did her BSc at the South China Normal University (Biotechnology) and Masters at Sun Yat-Sen University (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology).

Wei Guan

Wei joined our Lab in July 2022., initially as Research Assistant/computational biologist. Wei did his BSc at Jinan University (Biomedical Engineering) and Masters at Jinan/Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) (Computational/Developmental Biology).

Litao Chang

Litao joined our Lab in October 2021, initially as Research Assistant. Litao did her BSc at Jinan University (Pharmacy) and her Masters (Pharmacy) a the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Jinyi Wu

Jinyi joined our lab in September 2021, initially as our Research Assistant/Computational biologist. Jinyi did her BSc at Wuhan University (Science and technology) and her Masters at the Imperial College (Data Science).

Former Lab Members

Senior Post-doc

Yael Costa

Yael studied Nanog mediated mechanisms (2009-2022). Yael was funded by her own BBSRC project grant. To see Yael's work click here.

Post-docs

Mingyue Guo

Mingyue was a postdoc in our lab for 2 years (2021-20203). In 2023 Mingyue moved to West Lake University. To find out about Mingyue's work click here.

Chibeza Agley

Chibeza was a member of both the Silva and the Chalut labs between October 2013 and June 2017. In July 2017 he started full time in the company he had previously founded, CamBioScience. To see Chibeza's work click here.

PhD Students

Lawrence Bates

Lawrence was a MRC funded PhD student. In 2022 Lawrence joined Professor Nichols's lab at the MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh as postdoctoral researcher. To see Lawrence's work click here.

Sergey Gladkov (Siarhei Hladkou)

Sergey was a Darwin Trust of Edinburgh funded PhD student (2019). Sergey moved to Sweden to become a postdoctoral researcher at Lund University.

Elsa Sousa

Elsa was a PhD student enrolled in the Graduate Program in the Areas of Basic and Applied Biology (GABBA) from the University of Porto, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal). In 2019 Elsa started a career in industry. To see Elsa's work click here.

Hannah Stuart

Hannah was a MRC funded PhD student (2018). Hannah was awarded the prestigious Marie Curie and Sir Henry Wellcome postdoctoral fellowships when moving to Professors Elly Tanaka's lab and Nicola Elvassore's lab (joint post-doc) at the Institute of Molecular Pathology (Vienna/Austria) and at University College London respectively. To see Hannah's work click here.

Kathryn Tremble

Katie was a Clinical School PhD program student. After PhD (2017) Katie went back to Medical School to complete her medical degree. To see Katies's work click here.

Aliaksandra Radzisheuskaya

Alex was a Darwin Trust of Edinburgh funded PhD student. Alex was awarded the prestigious EMBO and Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellowships when moving to Prof Kristian Helin’s lab at the Sloan Kettering Institute (USA) in 2014. Alex is now a principal Investigator at the Institute of Cancer Research in London. To see Alex's work click here.

Moyra Lawrence

Moyra was a Wellcome Trust-Stem Cell PhD Programme student. She moved to Dr Robert Schneider's laboratory in Strasbourg as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in 2014. To see Moyra's work click here.

Rodrigo Santos

Rodrigo was a PhD student enrolled in the PhD program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB) from the University of Coimbra, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal). In 2014 Rodrigo started a career in Industry. To see Rodrigo's work click here.

Anouk van Oosten

Anouk was a BBSRC funded PhD student (2012). Anouk moved to the Netherlands to become a Clinical Research Associate. To see Anouk's work click here.

Thorold Theunissen

Thor was a Wellcome Trust-Stem Cell PhD Programme student (2012). Thor was awarded the prestigious Sir Henry Wellcome postdoctoral fellowship when moving to Professor Rudolf Jaenisch lab at the Whitehead Institute, MIT, US. Thor is now a Principal Investigator at Washington University, US. To see Thor's work click here.

Ornella Barrandon

Ornella was a PhD student in the Silva Lab, co-supervised with Professor Austin Smith. In 2011 Ornella moved to Professor Douglas Melton lab, Harvard, USA for post-doc work. To see Ornella's work click here.

Master's Students

Aaron Sandoval

Aaron was a Marshall Scholarship Master's student. To see Aaron's work click here.

Tim Lohoff

Tim was an Erasmus funded Master's student. In 2016 Tim joined the Wellcome Trust - Stem Cell PhD Programme. To see Tim's work click here.

Mariana Alves

Mariana was an Erasmus funded Master's student. In 2017 Mariana joined Dr. Justin Crocker's lab at the EMBL in Heidelberg as a PhD student. To see Mariana's work click here.

Research Assistants

Kexin Wang

Kexin was a research assistant in our Lab (2022-2023). She moved in 2023 to Hangzhou to start a new position at West Lake University.

Imogen Stockwell

Imogen was a Research Assistant working with Yael and Lawrence (2019-2020). In October 2020 Imogen started MPhil studies in Biological Science at the Physiology, Development and Neuroscience department at the University of Cambridge.

Daniel Yamamoto

Daniel was a Research Assistant working with Lawrence (2019-2020). In 2020 he joined the Wellcome Trust-Stem Cell PhD Programme at the University of Cambridge.

Charlotte Handford

Charlotte was a Research Assistant working with Yael (2014-2017). After three years she joined the lab of Prof Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz to undertake her PhD studies. To see Charlotte's work click here.

TY So

TY was a Research Assistant working with Yael and Hannah (2014).