The Davis Lab Team

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Group leader Dept. Biochemistry

Associate faculty WIMM, Wellcome investigator and EMBO member, Visiting scientist Janelia Research Campus. Senior research fellow Reuben and Jesus colleges. 

Lab manager and Senior Postdoctoral Researcher

I am Ilan's lab manager and I also work on a large-scale screen seeking new RNA targets that localise in the Drosophila nervous system. I also work on ITVs quiz show The Chase.

Advanced microscopy and Senior Postdoctoral Researcher

I work using state-of-the-art and advanced imaging techniques as well as developing improved imaging methods and quantitative image analysis to investigate the molecular mechanism of RNA transport in Drosophila tissues. 

Leverhulme Postdoctoral Researcher

The development of the brain requires a complex series of cell fate decisions, frequently involving transcriptional regulation of key factors. I am interested in assessing how post-transcriptional processes contribute to the precise timing and outcome of these developmental transitions.

Biochemistry DPhil Student

I am interested in how post-transcriptional mechanisms govern neural stem cell proliferation and differentiation during brain development. Particularly, I will focus on the cis and trans-acting factors acting through highly extended 3'UTR in transcript regulations. 

DTC iCase DPhil Student

I am DPhil student in the Davis lab, at the Department of Biochemistry of the University of Oxford. I am developing machine learning software  that automatically generates scientific hypotheses based on correlations between existing data and genome-wide bioinformatics data.

Biochemistry DPhil Student

I am working on the involvement of glia in synapse development at the neuromuscular junction. I also collaborate with engineers in Micron and in the Department of Engineering to help with microscopy technology development from the point of view of a biologist. 

DTC iCase DPhil Student

My project involves the application of adaptive optics to spinning-disc confocal microscopy systems for the study of Drosophila brains and other tissues. This is in collaboration with my industrial partner Aurox and I am also jointly based in Martin Booth's lab in the engineering department.

Wellcome Postdoctoral Researcher

My project looks at the impact virus infection has on the development and function of the Drosophila nervous system and the interplay between host RNA-binding proteins and viral RNA in this context. 

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Researcher

I study the role of the exoribonuclease XRN1, a key component of the 5’-3’ RNA degradation pathway involved in gene expression regulation, in virus infection. I apply a multidisciplinary approach which include a wide-range of molecular biology and biochemistry techniques, as well as sequencing methods and bioinformatic data analysis.  

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Researcher

I joined the lab in 2021 as a DPhil student. I am interested in how viral infection, particularly with Zika and Sindbis virus, affects neuroplasticity in the Drosophila neuromuscular junction 

Biochemistry/Scripps DPhil Student

I am interested in studying the complex regulation of RNA transport inside the long and thin nerves or axons of Drosophila, using genetics, biochemistry, and advanced microscopy and electron microscopy approaches.

BBSRC DPhil Student

Co-supervised by Prof. Jane McKeating

I am studying the viral infection dynamics of the Hepatitis B  virus in human cells. Using advanced imaging techniques I am studying how the virus grows and spreads in our body.

Long term lab visitor and advisor, Fellow of the Royal Society and EMBO member.