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The Davis Lab Team

Ilan Davis

Richard Parton

Darragh Ennis

Group leader Dept. Biochemistry


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


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Darragh Ennis

Richard Parton

Darragh Ennis

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.



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Richard Parton

Richard Parton

Mary Kay Thompson

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. 

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Mary Kay Thompson

Mary Kay Thompson

Mary Kay Thompson

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.


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Jeff Lee

Mary Kay Thompson

Maria Kiourlappou

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. 


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Maria Kiourlappou

Mary Kay Thompson

Maria Kiourlappou

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.


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Dalia Gala

Julia Olivares Abril

Danail Stoychev

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. 


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Danail Stoychev

Julia Olivares Abril

Danail Stoychev

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.


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Julia Olivares Abril

Julia Olivares Abril

Julia Olivares Abril


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 




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Tai Chaiamarit

David Ish-Horowicz

David Ish-Horowicz

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.


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David Ish-Horowicz

David Ish-Horowicz

David Ish-Horowicz

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

Jana Joha

David Ish-Horowicz

Jana Joha

DPhil Student  


I am interested in investigating how genes associated with neurodegenerative diseases, namely Alzheimer's disease and ALS are locally translated at the periphery in glia and how they effect synaptic plasticity and larval behaviour.

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Micron Microscopy Technology development

Ilan Davis

Lothar Schermelleh

Martin Booth

Group Leader Dept. Biochemistry, Associate faculty WIMM 


Martin Booth

Lothar Schermelleh

Martin Booth

Group Leader Dept. Engineering

Lothar Schermelleh

Lothar Schermelleh

Lothar Schermelleh

Group Leader Dept. Biochemistry

Ian Dobbie

Richard Parton

Lothar Schermelleh

Group leader technology development

Richard Parton

Richard Parton

Richard Parton

Advanced microscopy lead and senior postdoc

David Pinto

Richard Parton

Richard Parton

Software Development Researcher

Matthew Wincott

Martin Hailstone

Matthew Wincott

Microscopy Engineering Researcher

Jingyu Xia

Martin Hailstone

Matthew Wincott

Microscopy Technology Researcher

Martin Hailstone

Martin Hailstone

Martin Hailstone

AI adaptive optics and image analysis Researcher

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