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University of Aberdeen
University of Bath
Beatson Institute for Cancer Research
Birkbeck, University of London
University of Bristol
Brunel University
Brunel University London
University of Cambridge
University College London
University of Dundee
University of East Anglia
University of Edinburgh
University of Exeter
Harwell - Medical Research Council
University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana
Imperial College London
Keele University

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
King's College London
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
University of Liverpool
Newcastle University
University of Oxford
Oxford Brookes University
University of Plymouth
Queen Mary University of London
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
St. George’s Medical School, University of London
University of Warwick
University of Wolverhampton

University of Aberdeen

Dr Bing Lang

Senior Research Fellow
Department School of Medical Sciences
University of Aberdeen
Email bing.lang@abdn.ac.uk

University of Bath

Reader
Department Biology and Biochemistry
University of Bath
Telephone +44 1225 386315
Email bssvss@bath.ac.uk
Keywords Embryonic and adult Stem cells, Zebrafish disease models, Brain and gut development, IPS cell models, Knockout and transgenic mice, Motor neuron disease

Beatson Institute for Cancer Research

Dr Shehab Ismail

Department Structural Biology of the Cilia Lab
Beatson Institute for Cancer Research
Email s.ismail@beatson.gla.ac.uk

Birkbeck, University of London

Dr Anthony Roberts

Department of Biological Sciences
Birkbeck, University of London
Email a.roberts@mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk

University of Bristol

Dr Hermes Gadêlha

Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Data Modelling
Department School of Engineering
University of Bristol
Email hermes.gadelha@bristol.ac.uk
Keywords Flagella, Cilia, mathematical biology, molecular motors, bio-filaments

Prof David Stephens

Professor of Cell Biology
Department School of Biochemistry
University of Bristol
Telephone 0117 331 2173
Email david.stephens@bristol.ac.uk
Keywords Cilia, Extracellular matrix, Membrane traffic, Microtubule cytoskeleton, Microscopy

Dr Laura Vuolo

Department Hannover Quay
University of Bristol
Telephone 07940 025273
Email laura.vuolo@bristol.ac.uk
Keywords Primary cilia, Dynein-2

Brunel University

Dr Barbara Tanos

Department Biosciences
Brunel University
Email barbara.tanos@icr.ac.uk

Brunel University London

Dr Victor Hernandez

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences
Department of Life Sciences
Brunel University London
Email victor.hernandez@brunel.ac.uk
Keywords Bardet-Biedl Syndrome, Primary cilia, ciliogenesis, retinal degeneration, obesity

University of Cambridge

Dr Andrew Carter

Department MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
University of Cambridge
Email cartera@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk

University College London

Prof Phil Beales

Department Institute of Child Health
University College London
Email p.beales@ucl.ac.uk
Keywords ciliopathy, Bardet Biedl Syndrome, intraflagellar transport

Prof Mike Cheetham

Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology
Department Institute of Opthalmology
University College London
Email michael.cheetham@ucl.ac.uk

Prof Stephen Hart

Professor in Molecular Genetics
Department UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
University College London
Email s.hart@ucl.ac.uk

Dr Dagan Jenkins

Department Institute of Child Health
University College London
Email d.jenkins@ucl.ac.uk
Keywords IFT88, Carpenter syndrome, Jeune syndrome, skeletal ciliopathies, cilia trafficking

Dr Hannah Mitchison

Reader in Molecular and Medical Genetics
Department Institute of Child Health
University College London
Email h.mitchison@ucl.ac.uk

University of Dundee

Dr Amelia Shoemark

Department School of Medicine
University of Dundee
Email ashoemark@dundee.ac.uk
Keywords Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

University of East Anglia

Prof Andrea Münsterberg

Department School of Biological Sciences
University of East Anglia
Email a.munsterberg@uea.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh

Dr Megan Davey

Department Division of Developmental Biology The Roslin Institute
University of Edinburgh
Email megan.davey@roslin.ed.ac.uk

Dr Toby Hurd

Chancellor's Fellow
Department MRC Human Genetics Unit
University of Edinburgh
Email toby.hurd@igmm.ed.ac.uk

Prof Andrew Jarman

Professor of Developmental Cell Biology
Department Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
University of Edinburgh
Email andrew.jarman@ed.ac.uk

Dr Roly Megaw

Clinical lecturer / honorary consultant ophthalmologist at NHS Lothian
Department MRC Human Genetics Unit
University of Edinburgh
Email roly.megaw@ed.ac.uk

Dr Pleasantine Mill

Department Institute for Genetics and Molecular Medicine
University of Edinburgh
Email pleasantine.mill@igmm.ed.ac.uk

Dr Thomas Theil

Reader
Department Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
University of Edinburgh
Telephone 0131 650 3721
Email thomas.theil@ed.ac.uk
Keywords Primary cilium, corticogenesis, radial glial cells, Gli3, Inpp5e

Dr Patricia Yeyati

Senior Scientist
Department University of Edinburgh
Email patricia.yeyati@igmm.ed.ac.uk

University of Exeter

Dr Helen Dawe

Senior Lecturer in Cell Biology
Department Geoffrey Pope Building
University of Exeter
Telephone +44 (0)1392 723431
Email h.r.dawe@exeter.ac.uk

Dr Kirsty Wan

Department Living Systems Institute
University of Exeter
Email k.y.wan2@exeter.ac.uk
Keywords motile cilia, microscale fluid mechanics, flagella of protists

Harwell - Medical Research Council

Dr Dominic Norris

Department MRC Harwell
Harwell - Medical Research Council
Email d.norris@har.mrc.ac.uk

University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana

Prof Rex Hess

Professor Emeritus
Department Dept of Comparative Biosciences
University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana
Telephone 1-217-417-2067
Email rexhess@illinois.edu
Keywords Reproductive biology, Endocrinology, Toxicology, Male infertility

Imperial College London

Dr Eric Keaveny

Department Imperial College London
Email e.keaveny@imperial.ac.uk
Keywords biofluid mechanics, mathematical modelling and computation, microscale fluid-structure interactions

Dr Robert Mahen

Department of Physics
Imperial College London
Email r.mahen@imperial.ac.uk

Keele University

Dr Helen Price

Senior Lecturer
Department Keele
Keele University
Telephone 01782734219
Email h.price@keele.ac.uk
Keywords BBSome, Leishmania, Trypanosoma brucei, Drug discovery

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Tassos Grammatikopoulos

Consultant in Paediatric Hepatology
Department Paediatric Liver, GI & Nutrition Centre
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Telephone 020 3299 9000 ext 31162
Email t.grammatikopoulos@nhs.net
Keywords Paediatric Liver diseases, Cholangiopathies, Primary cilia, Doublecortin domain containing protein 2

King's College London

Dr Shukry Habib

Department Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
King's College London
Email shukry.habib@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Karen Liu

Reader in Signalling & Development
Department Craniofacial Development & Stem Cell Biology
King's College London
Telephone 020 7188 8035
Email karen.liu@kcl.ac.uk

University of Leeds

Prof Colin Johnson

Professor of Medical & Molecular Genetics
Department Section of Ophthalmology and Neurosciences, Leeds Institute of
University of Leeds
Telephone +44 (0)113 343 8443
Email medcaj@leeds.ac.uk

Dr Takashi Ochi

University Academic Fellow
Department Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
University of Leeds
Telephone 0113 3432528
Email t.ochi@leeds.ac.uk
Keywords Centrosome, Cilia, Basal body, Structure biology

Dr Natalia Riobo-Del Galdo

Department Faculty of Medicine and Health
University of Leeds
Email n.a.riobo-delgaldo@leeds.ac.uk

University of Leicester

Dr Robert Hirst

Principal Scientist
Department of Respiratory Sciences
University of Leicester
Telephone 0116 252 5817
Email rah9@le.ac.uk
Keywords Primary ciliary dyskinesia, Motile cilia, Respiratory, Ependymal cilia, Cilia genetics

University of Liverpool

Dr Urszula McClurg

Tenure Track Fellow
Department Institute of Integrative Biology
University of Liverpool
Telephone 0151 795 7735
Email urszula.mcclurg@liverpool.ac.uk
Keywords cancer, meiosis, centrosome, synaptonemal complex, cell division

Newcastle University

Dr John Sayer

Senior Clinical Lecturer in Nephrology
Department Institute of Genetic Medicine
Newcastle University
Telephone +44 191 241 8608
Email john.sayer@newcastle.ac.uk
Keywords CEP290, nephronophthisis, cystic kidney disease

University of Oxford

Dr Fiona Bangs

Postdoctoral Researcher
Department Oxford Institute of Radiation Oncology
University of Oxford
Email fiona.bangs@oncology.ox.ac.uk

Dr Jordan Raff

Department Dunn School of Pathology
University of Oxford
Email jordan.raff@path.ox.ac.uk

Prof. John Vakonakis

Associate Professor in Structural Biology and Biophysics
Department of Biochemistry
University of Oxford
Email ioannis.vakonakis@bioch.ox.ac.uk
Keywords Centriole assembly, Malaria cytoadherence, Structural biology, Protein-protein interactions

Dr Angus Wann

Research Fellow
Department Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
University of Oxford
Email angus.wann@kennedy.ox.ac.uk
Keywords Primary cilia, Inflammatory signalling, Osteoarthritis, endocytosis

Oxford Brookes University

Prof Sue Vaughan

Prof. Cell and molecular biology
Department Gipsy Lane
Oxford Brookes University
Telephone +447909039582
Email svaughan@brookes.ac.uk
Keywords basal bodies, trypanosoma, flagella, electron microscopy, Leishmania, transitional fibres

University of Plymouth

Dr Bing Hu

Associate Professor (Reader) in Oral and Dental Health Research
Department Peninsula Dental School, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Plymouth
Telephone +44 (0) 1752 437804
Email bing.hu@plymouth.ac.uk

Queen Mary University of London

Dr Cleo Bishop

Department Blizard
Queen Mary University of London
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 2343
Email c.l.bishop@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Paul Chapple

Professor of Molecular Cell Biology
Department William Harvey Research Institute
Queen Mary University of London
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 6242
Email j.p.chapple@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Jean Marie Delalande

Lecturer
Department Blizard
Queen Mary University of London
Email j.m.delalande@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Susana Godinho

Department BCI
Queen Mary University of London
Email s.godinho@qmul.ac.uk

Dr Peter King

Department William Harvey Research Institute
Queen Mary University of London
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 6242
Email p.j.king@qmul.ac.uk

Prof Martin Knight

Professor of Mechanobiology
Department School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 8868
Email m.m.knight@qmul.ac.uk
Keywords primary cilia, polycystins, IFT, cartilage, mechanosignalling

Dr Pavel Novak

Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials
Department School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
Telephone +44 (0)20 7882 5183
Email p.novak@qmul.ac.uk

Mr Manoj Ramachandran

Department Barts and the London NHS Trust
Queen Mary University of London
Email manoj.ramachandran@bartshealth.nhs.uk

Prof Hazel Screen

Department School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
Email h.r.c.screen@qmul.ac.uk

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Claire Hogg

Paediatric respiratory consultant
Department Clinical lead Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Telephone 020 7351 2681
Email c.hogg@rbht.nhs.uk

University of Sheffield

Prof Colin Bingle

Professor of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
Department of Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease
University of Sheffield
Telephone +44 (0)114 215 9514
Email c.d.bingle@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Anne-Gaelle Borycki

Senior Lecturer
Department of Biomedical Science
University of Sheffield
Email a.g.borycki@sheffield.ac.uk

Prof Andrew Furley

Professor of Developmental Neuroscience
Department of Biomedical Science
University of Sheffield
Email a.j.furley@sheffield.ac.uk
Keywords Cell adhesion, SHH signalling, Axon guidance, neural stem cell, cerebellum

Dr Andrew Grierson

Principal Investigator
Department Neuroscience
University of Sheffield
Telephone 0114 2222277
Email a.j.grierson@sheffield.ac.uk
Keywords neurodegeneration, photoreceptor, trafficking, microtubules, acetylation

Prof Albert Ong

Professor of Renal Medicine, Head, Academic Unit of Nephrology
Kidney Genetics Group, Department of Infection Immunity and Car
University of Sheffield
Telephone +44 114 271 3402 (direct), 271 2237 (Academic sec- Jean Lazenby)
Email a.ong@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Gewndolen Reilly

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Sheffield
Email g.reilly@sheffield.ac.uk

Prof Tanya Whitfield

Department of Biomedical Science
University of Sheffield
Email t.whitfield@sheffield.ac.uk

University of Southampton

Prof Jane Lucas

Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Honorary Consultant Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
Department Medicine
University of Southampton
Email jlucas1@soton.ac.uk
Keywords primary ciliary dyskinesia

Professor Vito Mennella

Associate Professor
Department Clinical and Experimental Sciences
University of Southampton
Email v.mennella@soton.ac.uk
Keywords Super-resolution Microscopy, Ciliopathies, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Molecular Diagnosis, Imaging

Dr Gabrielle Wheway

Lecturer in Functional Genomics
Department Faculty of Medicine
University of Southampton
Email g.wheway@soton.ac.uk

St. George’s Medical School, University of London

Dr Soo-Hyun Kim

Senior Lecturer and Group Leader
Department Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute
St. George’s Medical School, University of London
Telephone 020 8266 6199
Email skim@sgul.ac.uk
Keywords Ciliopathy, Fertility, Puberty, Neuroendocrine, Development

University of Warwick

Dr Marco Polin

Physics Department
University of Warwick
Email m.polin@warwick.ac.uk

University of Wolverhampton

Dr Paraskevi Goggolidou

Department Faculty of Science and Engineering
University of Wolverhampton
Email p.goggolidou@wlv.ac.uk