Alumni
Dr. Sean Jordan
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Period: Dec. 2016 - May 2020
Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher at Insight SFI Centre for Data Analytics
Lane Origins Group publications:
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Camprubi E, Jordan SF, Vasiliadou R, Lane N. "Iron catalysis at the origin of life" IUBMB Life (2017) 69(6): 373-381
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Jordan SF, Nee E, Lane N. "Isoprenoids enhance the stability of fatty acid membranes at the emergence of life potentially leading to an early lipid divide" Interface Focus (2019) 9(6): 20190067
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Vasiliadou R, Dimov N, Szita N, Jordan SF, Lane N. "Possible mechanisms of CO2 reduction by H2 via prebiotic vectorial electrochemistry" Interface Focus (2019) 9(6): 20190073
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Jordan SF, Rammu H, Zheludev I, Hartley AM, Maréchal A, Lane N. "Promotion of protocell self-assembly from mixed amphiphiles at the origin of life" Nat. Ecol. Evol. (2019)
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Jordan SF, Ioannou I, Rammu H, Halpern A, Bogart L, Ahn M, Vasiliadou R, Christodoulou J, Maréchal A, Lane N. "Spontaneous assembly of redox-active iron-sulfur clusters at low concentrations of cysteine" Nature Communications, 12:5925 (2021)
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Camprubi E, Harrison S, Jordan S, Bonnel J, Pinna S, Lane N. "Do soluble phosphates direct the formose reaction towards pentose sugars?" MS under review (2021)
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Pinna S, Kunz C, Harrison S, Jordan SF, Ward J, Werner F, Lane N. "A prebiotic basis for ATP as the universal energy currency" MS under review (2021) [available on bioRxiv]
Toby Harries
Undergraduate student
Programme: BSc Biological Sciences
Period: Oct. 2019 - Mar. 2020
Currently: Partnerships manage at Dorm
Lane Origins Group publications:
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Harrison S, Harries T, Pinna S, Lane N. "Prebiotically plausible, non-enzymatic synthesis of Pyrimidine nucleobases" MS in prep. (2021)
Cäcilia Kunz
Summer student
Period: July 2019 - Aug. 2019
Project: "Investigation of the catalytic action of Fe(III) for nucleotide synthesis"
Currently: MSci Biochemistry student at UCL
Lane Origins Group publications:
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Pinna S, Kunz C, Harrison S, Jordan SF, Ward J, Werner F, Lane N. "A prebiotic basis for ATP as the universal energy currency" MS under review (2021) [available on bioRxiv]
Dr. Raphaela Vasiliadou
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Period: Feb. 2017 - Apr. 2019
Currently: Lecturer in Biological Chemistry at The Open University
Lane Origins Group publications:
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Camprubi E, Jordan SF, Vasiliadou R, Lane N. "Iron catalysis at the origin of life" IUBMB Life (2017) 69(6): 373-381
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Vasiliadou R, Dimov N, Szita N, Jordan S, Lane N. "Possible mechanisms of CO2 reduction by H2 via prebiotic vectorial electrochemistry" Interface Focus (2019) 9(6): 20190073
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Jordan S, Ioannou I, Rammu H, Halpern A, Bogart L, Ahn M, Vasiliadou R, Christodoulou J, Maréchal A, Lane N. "Spontaneous assembly of redox-active iron-sulfur clusters at low concentrations of cysteine" Nature Communications, 12:5925 (2021)
Eloise Nee
Master student
Programme: MSci Natural Sciences
Period: Oct. 2018 - Mar. 2019
Currently: DPhil student at the University of Oxford
Lane Origins Group publications:
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Jordan SF, Nee E, Lane N. "Isoprenoids enhance the stability of fatty acid membranes at the emergence of life potentially leading to an early lipid divide" Interface Focus (2019) 9(6): 20190067
Barış Özdinç
Undergraduate student
Ioannis Ioannou
Master student
Programme: MRes Synthetic Biology
Period: Oct. 2017 - Mar. 2019
Currently: PhD Student The Imperial College of London
Lane Origins Group publications:
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Jordan S, Ioannou I, Rammu H, Halpern A, Bogart L, Ahn M, Vasiliadou R, Christodoulou J, Maréchal A, Lane N. "Spontaneous assembly of redox-active iron-sulfur clusters at low concentrations of cysteine" Nature Communications, 12:5925 (2021)
Dr. Eloi Camprubi
PhD student
Period: Oct. 2014 - Apr. 2018
Thesis: "The origin of proto-metabolism at the origin of life in alkaline hydrothermal vents"
Currently: Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Origins Center
Lane Origins Group publications:
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Herschy B, Whicher A, Camprubi E, Watson C, Dartnell L, Ward J, Evans JRG, Lane N. "An origin-of-life reactor to simulate alkaline hydrothermal vents" J Mol Evol (2014) 79: 213-227
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Sojo V, Herschy B, Whicher A, Camprubi E, Lane N. "The origin of life in alkaline hydrothermal vents" Astrobiology (2016) 16(2): 181-197
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Camprubi E, Jordan SF, Vasiliadou R, Lane N. "Iron catalysis at the origin of life" IUBMB Life (2017) 69(6): 373-381
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Whicher A, Camprubi E, Pinna S, Herschy B, Lane N. "Acetyl phosphate as a primordial energy currency at the origin of life" OLEB (2018) 48: 159
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Camprubi E, Harrison S, Jordan S, Bonnel J, Pinna S, Lane N. "Do soluble phosphates direct the formose reaction towards pentose sugars?" MS under review (2021)
Stewart Gault
Summer student
Period: July 2017 - Aug. 2017
Project: "Development of a microfluidics assay to simulate alkaline hydrothermal vents"
Currently: PhD Student in Astrobiology at The University of Edinburgh
Ivan Zheludev
Summer student
Period: July 2017 - Aug. 2017
Project: "Development of a high throughput assay for probing vesicular critical bilayer concentrations"
Currently: PhD student at Stanford University
Lane Origins Group publications:
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Jordan S, Rammu H, Zheludev I, Hartley AM, Maréchal A, Lane N. "Promotion of protocell self-assembly from mixed amphiphiles at the origin of life" Nat. Ecol. Evol. (2019)
Iro Pieridou
Master student
Programme: MSci in Natural Sciences
Period: Oct. 2016 - Mar. 2017
Project: "The origin of life in hydrothermal vents"
Currently: Research Technician at CeMM
Dr. Alex Whicher
PhD student
Period: Jan. 2013 - May 2016
Thesis: "Simulated alkaline hydrothermal vent environments to investigate prebiotic metabolism at the origin of life"
Currently: Event Producer at the BioIndustry Association
Lane Origins Group publications:
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Herschy B, Whicher A, Camprubi E, Watson C, Dartnell L, Ward J, Evans JRG, Lane N. "An origin-of-life reactor to simulate alkaline hydrothermal vents" J Mol Evol (2014) 79: 213-227
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Sojo V, Herschy B, Whicher A, Camprubi E, Lane N. "The origin of life in alkaline hydrothermal vents" Astrobiology (2016) 16(2): 181-197
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Whicher A, Camprubi E, Pinna S, Herschy B, Lane N. "Acetyl phosphate as a primordial energy currency at the origin of life" OLEB (2018) 48: 159
Sylvia Lim
Master student
Programme: MSci in Natural Sciences
Period: Oct. 2016 - Mar. 2017
Project: "The origin of life in hydrothermal vents"
Currently: Secondary Science Teacher at Robert Clack School of Science
Dr. Barry Herschy
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Period: Feb. 2013 - Jan. 2016
Currently: Regional Business Specialist at Shimadzu UK
Lane Origins Group publications:
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Herschy B, Whicher A, Camprubi E, Watson C, Dartnell L, Ward J, Evans JRG, Lane N. "An origin-of-life reactor to simulate alkaline hydrothermal vents" J Mol Evol (2014) 79: 213-227
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Sojo V, Herschy B, Whicher A, Camprubi E, Lane N. "The origin of life in alkaline hydrothermal vents" Astrobiology (2016) 16(2): 181 - 197​
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Whicher A, Camprubi E, Pinna S, Herschy B, Lane N. "Acetyl phosphate as a primordial energy currency at the origin of life" OLEB (2018) 48: 159
Dr. Victor Sojo
PhD student
Period: Jan. 2009 - Jan. 2016
Currently at: American Museum of Natural History
Lane Origins Group publications:
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Sojo V, Pomiankowski A, Lane N. "A bioenergetic basis for membrane divergence in archaea and bacteria" PLOS Biology (2014) 12: e1001926
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Sojo V, Herschy B, Whicher A, Camprubi E, Lane N. "The origin of life in alkaline hydrothermal vents" Astrobiology (2016) 16(2): 181-197
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Sojo V, Dessimoz C, Pomiankowski A, Lane N. "Membrane Proteins Are Dramatically Less Conserved than Water-Soluble Proteins across the Tree of Life" Mol. Biol. Evol. (2016) 33(11): 2874 - 2884