Our Team

Our lab members are working on a range of projects to understand mitotic entry and cancer and to develop new tools to study cell cycle control.

Helfrid Hochegger

Helfrid Hochegger

Lab Head

Research Interests:

Cell CycleCancerMicroscopyPythonRust

Leading research on cell cycle control mechanisms and their implications in cancer biology. Likes microscopes, large datasets and coding.

Robert Zach

Robert Zach

Postdoc

Research Interests:

Cell DivisionMitosisProtein Kinases

Rob is an expert on Greatwall kinase inhibition and studies how to target the mitotic entry network in cancer therapy.

Sam Dias

Sam Dias

Postdoc

Research Interests:

Cancer BiologyCell Cycle CheckpointsDrug Discovery

Sam is screening for new mitotic regulators and venturing into unchartered metabolism territory.

Megan Meredith

Megan Meredith

Lab Technician

Research Interests:

Molecular BiologyCell CultureMicroscopy

Megan holds the world record in stable cell line generation and likes setting up complicated high content genetic assays.

Georgios Kalogiannis

Georgios Kalogiannis

PhD Student

Research Interests:

Mitotic RegulationPhosphatasesSystems Biology

Georgios is exploring new cell cycle regulators and moving towards the P53 universe.

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Sam Jones

PhD Student

Research Interests:

Greatwall KinaseKinase ActivationMitotic Entry

Sam is exploring the activation mechanisms of Greatwall Kinase.

Jo Renaut

Jo Renaut

PhD Student

Research Interests:

Cell Cycle ControlLive Cell ImagingComputational Biology

Jo is the data scientist in the lab and a passionate Python coach. She is discovering new synthetic lethalities in lung and oesophagal cancer