Team overview
Our team includes 15 scientists based in the UK, including both research assistants and associates. Our newest group member joined us in September 2023. We have hosted several summer students, as well as academic visitors.
One post-doctoral level post in the group is based jointly in Oxford/Cambridge to provide a link to the experimental lab of Scott Waddell and give scientific direction to projects that would have particular impact on that lab's experimental work.
UK team
PIs
Gregory Jefferis (Zoology & MRC LMB)
Matthias Landgraf (Zoology)
Scott Waddell (Oxford)
Research Coordinator
Senior Staff
Marta Costa (UK Team Lead, Neuroanatomy, Light level image analysis, Administrative lead)
Philipp Schlegel (EM and CATMAID lead)
Research Associates
Valeria Silva Moeller (based in Scott Waddell's lab in Oxford)
Senior Research Assistants
Research Assistants
US PIs
Gwyneth Card, Janelia Research Campus
Gerry Rubin, Janelia Research Campus
Previous PIs: Davi Bock, Janelia Research Campus/University of Vermont (2016-2021)
PIs and senior team in 2016 (left to right: Philipp Schlegel, Marta Costa, Greg Jefferis, Scott Waddell, Gerry Rubin, Matthias Landgraf, Davi Bock)
Alumni
Andrew Champion (Research Associate Aug 2021 - Dec 2025) - working for E11 Bio
Markus Pleijzier (Research Associate Apr 2025 - Dec 2025) - joined the Felsenberg lab at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland
Ilina Moitra (Research Assistant Sept 2023 - Dec 2025)
Holly Whittome (Research Assistant Oct 2023 - Oct 2025)
Ladann Kiassat (Research Assistant July 2023 - June 2025) - medical student at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Paul Brooks (Research Associate Dec 2020 - Mar 2025) - continued working with the group on casual basis
Eva Munelly (Research Assistant, Mar 2022 - Sept 2024) - working with Aelysia
