N. Sumru Bayin, PhD
GROUP LEADER
Sumru is a stem cell biologist with a long standing interest in studying stem cell diversity and molecular regulation of stem cell behaviors in the brain.
She completed her BSc and MSc in Molecular Biology and Genetics at the Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey) and her PhD in Stem Cell Biology at NYU Langone School of Medicine (New York, USA) in the laboratory of Dr. Dimitris Placantonakis.
She completed her postdoctoral training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, USA) in the laboratory Dr. Alexandra Joyner.
Sumru has received a number of awards, including Wellcome Career Development Award, NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), Sloan Kettering Institute Postdoctoral Research Award and was selected as a 2020 Leading Edge Fellow.
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Giada Vanacore
PhD Student (Brain Research UK Studentship)
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Jens Bager Christensen
PhD Student (SBS-DTP)
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Niamh Divers
PhD Student (BBSRC-DTP)
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Dr Elena Moradi
Lab Manager
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Dr Ruoxu Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Ibrahim Genel
Research Assistant
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Achilleas Petropoulos
Summer Research Intern
Alumni
Dr James Bae (Postdoctoral Fellow/Clinician Scientist)
Wesley Wong (Undergraduate Researcher)
Dr Mohab Helmy (Senior Bioinformatician)
Irem Balci (Erasmus Exchange Student)
Leyan Thabet (Aspiring Scientist Training Programme)
Taha Mirzakhalili (Summer work replacement)
Romina Mirzakhalili (Summer work replacement)
Nam Chaisrisawatsuk (Undergraduate Researcher)
Amanda Chan (MPhil)
Ryan Smith (Undergraduate Researcher)
Mia Mai Antar (Aspiring Scientist Training Programme)
Cecilia Parra Garcia (MPhil)
Anushka Irodi (Undergraduate Researcher)
Meherin Khorshed (Aspiring Scientist Training Programme)