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Tom Matheson (group leader). I am broadly
interested in neuronal function in invertebrates. A current focus
is 'neuronal plasticity', which we address in the locust Schistocerca
gregaria. Between 1999 and 2005 I worked in the Department of Zoology,
University of Cambridge, latterly as a BBSRC Advanced Research Fellow.
I am now a Reader in Neurobiology.
Tom's web page: http://www.le.ac.uk/biology/tm/Matheson.htm
Tom's email: tm75@le.ac.uk
Tom's phone number: +44 (0)116 2231263
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Delphine Calas joined the group in May 2007 as a postdoctoral
research associate on a BBSRC grant. Delphine is analysing the role of
common inhibitory motor neurones in aimed limb movements.
Delphine's web page:
Delphine's email: dc153@le.ac.uk
Delphines's phone number: +44(0)116 2523349
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Tony Clare joined the group in July 2007 as a postdoctoral
research associate. Tony is primarily carrying out biomechanical
modelling as part of our BBSRC- funded project analysing plasticity of
aimed
limb movements.
Tony's web page:
Tony's email: ajc62@le.ac.uk
Tony's phone number: +44(0)116 2523349
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Tom Nielsen joined the
group in May 2008 as a HFSP Long Term Research Fellow. Tom is developing
a a family of domain specific computer languages for theoretical and experimental
cellular neuroscience while analysing the response properties of a visual
interneurone, DCMD as part of our phase change
project.
Tom's web page:
Tom's email: tan5@le.ac.uk
Tom's phone number: +44 (0)116 2523338
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Olivier List joined
the group in March 2009 as a postdoctoral research associate. Olivier
will be working on the relationship between ageing, nitric oxide and phase change in locusts.
Olivier's web page:
Olivier's email: ol17@le.ac.uk
Olivier's phone number: +44 (0)116 2523338
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Ted Gaten is a Principal Experimental Officer
in the Department who is a collaborator on our work on locust phase change.
Ted's web page: http://www.le.ac.uk/biology/gat/gat.html
Ted's email: gat@leicester.ac.uk
Ted's phone number: +44 (0)116 2523387
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Alexandra Patel joined the group
as a Ph.D. student in October 2004. Alex is working on plasticity
of aimed limb movements in locusts.
In particular, she is interested in developmental plasticity
that permits recalibration of movements during growth.
Alex's web page: none yet.
Alex's email: ap147@le.ac.uk
Alex's phone number: +44 (0)116 2523349
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Donna Betts provides part time technical
support for the group.
Donna's email: dss14@le.ac.uk
Donna's phone number: +44 (0)116 2523349
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Rachel Lockley maintains our locust colony.
Rachel's email: ral22@le.ac.uk
Rachel's phone number: +44(0)116 2525366
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Past Members of the Group |
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Jan Ache spent 2
months in the group as a visiting Masters student in Feb/March 2009. Jan
worked on biomechanics of aimed limb
movements in locusts.
Jan is continuing with his studies in Cologne.
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Matt Sheehy
was a Senior Research Fellow and Researcher Co-Investigator on a BBSRC
project that addressed neuronal plasticity and ageing in solitarious and gregarious
locusts. Matt left the group in Feb 2009.
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DaeEun Kim
joined the group in April 2006 as a postdoctoral research associate
on a BBSRC grant, and worked on modelling aimed limb movements.
He obtained a lectureship in Jan 2007 and moved to Yonsei University
in South Korea.
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Julia Stalleicken
joined the group in January 2006 as a postdoctoral research associate
on a BBSRC grant, and was involved in analysing plasticity of aimed limb movements.
She finished her contract in Jan 2007
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Keri Page joined the group as
a Ph.D. student in January 2002, handed in her thesis
in May 2005, and passed her viva in June 2005. Keri worked on limb targeting in locusts, particularly neuronal
plasticity of proprioceptive feedback control.
Keri is now working in the Knowledge Transfer Department of
the Scottish Association for Marine Science.
Another photo
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John Young joined the group as
a Ph.D. student in October 2000, submittted his thesis in Feburary
2004 and passed his viva in August 2004. John analysed how temperature
affects neuronal function in marine invertebrates including
the Antarctic isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus.
After his Ph.D. John worked for the Royal Institution
of Great Britain on the 2004 'Christmas
lectures' series of broadcasts. The lectures, titled To
the end of the Earth: surviving Antarctic extremes, were given
by Professor Lloyd Peck of the British Antarctic Survey.
Since January 2005 John has been working as a
postdoctoral research associateship in the Department of Pharmcology,
University of Oxford.
Photo of the
newly 'doctored' Dr Young.
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Jure Zakotnik worked here for
2 months in January and February 2002 writing image recognition
software to automate our analyses of insect movements. He subsequently
carried out his Ph.D. at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, in
which he analysed and modelled aimed limb movements of locusts. This
work was carried out under the supervision of Dr Volker Dürr
as part of our ongoing collaboration on this project. Jure passed his PhD
viva in June 2006, and is currently working as an IT consultant.
See http://www.motion-capture.de
Jure's web page: Click
here
Jure's email: jure@zakotnik.de
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Marc Rossello worked here for 1 month in March
2006 writing data acquisition and processing scripts in Spike 2.
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Alexandra
Komissarova carried out a summer project for 2
months in July and August 2004. She analysed aimed scratching
movements in upright and upside down locusts. Alex carried out
a final-year project in the group, also on scratching, started a PhD
at the University of Aberdeen in October 2006.
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Angus McKnight carried out a summer project
for 2 months in July and August 2003. He looked at plasticity
in locust scratching behaviour. Angus subsequently carried
out a final-year project in the group, also on locust scratching. Angus
is now a medical doctor.
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Recent Undergraduate
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2006-2007
Louise Way (aimed limb movements)
Final year project.
Jon Lock (aimed limb movements)
Final
year project.
2005-2006
Miki Itsuji (aimed limb movements)
Final year project.
Zoe Fung (visual responses of DCMD)
Final year project.
(Miki started an MSc at the University of Plymouth
in October 2006. Zoe is working for a church group in London)
(See photos at: http://www.le.ac.uk/biology/tm/members-photos-01.html)
2004-2005
Mark Howard (locust phase
change)
Final-year project.
Alexandra Komissarova
(aimed limb movements)
Summer project and final-year
project.
(Alex is now undertaking a PhD at the University of Aberdeen)
2003-2004
Angus McKnight (aimed
limb movements)
Summer project and final-year project.
Duncan Murray (locust
phase change)
Final-year project.
Mark Williams (locust
phase change)
Final-year project.
(Angus, Duncan and Mark carried
on with their Medical Degrees)
2002-2003
Fleur Kilburn-Toppin
(locust phase change) **
Final-year project.
George Harston
(locust phase change) **
Final-year project.
(Fleur and George are now GPs)
2001-2002
Robin Basu Roy
(locust phase change)*
Final-year project
Miles Copeland
(locust phase change)*
Final-year project.
Tom Chappell
(arthropod righting behaviour and robots)
Final-year project.
Ria Cooke (locust
phase change)
Summer project supervised by Steve
Rogers. (Ria carried on to undertake her Ph.D. at the University
of Cambridge. Robin and Miles carried on with Medical Degrees.)
Tom Duckham
(locust phase change)
Final-year project.
2000-2001
John Young (effects of
temperature on nerve function) **
Summer project. John carried on
to undertake his Ph.D. in the group. He is now a postdoc at
the University of Oxford.
Keri Page (locust righting
behaviour and gravity receptors)
Final-year project. Keri carried
on to undertake her Ph.D. in the group. She is now teaching
at secondary school.
1999-2000
Shabna Rajapaksa (Accuracy of aimed limb movements)
Final year project.
1994-1995
James Standing (Leg muscle properties)
Final-year project.
Bret Vykopal (Leg muscle properties)
Final-year project.
* Project led to a published abstract
** Project led to a published abstract
and contributed to a research paper.
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Work Experience Placement Students
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We have run work experience
placements for school students interested in laboratory research
careers. These generally last for 2 weeks and involved a range of hands-on
experiments and training exercises.
2005
1 student, English Martyrs Catholic
Comprehensive School, Leicester.
2004
1 student, Budehaven Community School,
Cornwall.
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