People
Principal Investigator: João Pedro de Magalhães
I graduated in Microbiology from the Escola Superior de Biotecnologia in my hometown of Porto, Portugal, in 1999. My first experience in a research environment was as an intern (1998-1999) in the UnIGENe research group at the Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology in Porto, where I worked on Machado-Joseph disease, a neurological disorder.
As a doctoral fellow, I pursued my dream of unravelling the mechanisms of ageing by joining the Ageing and Stress Group at the University of Namur in Belgium. With the late Olivier Toussaint as my advisor, my work from 1999 to 2004 spanned molecular mechanisms of cellular senescence and responses to oxidative stress, evolutionary models of ageing, and analyses of gene networks.
Fascinated by the genome and by the opportunities its sequencing opened, I then did a postdoc from 2004 to 2008 with genomics pioneer George Church at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. Succinctly, we developed high-throughput approaches for studying ageing, including computational tools and databases, statistical models of mortality, methods for cell-based RNAi screens, and comparative genomics methods for investigating the evolution of longevity.
In 2008, I joined the University of Liverpool to develop my own group on genomic approaches to ageing. Our group was initially in the School of Biological Sciences (which later became the Institute of Integrative Biology), and is now in the Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease. We are world-leaders in employing genomics and bioinformatics to study ageing with pioneering work in sequencing and analyzing genomes from long-lived species. We have dozens of collaborators around world and collaborate with biotech companies and nonprofit organizations. I am also an affiliate Principal Investigator in the Neuroendocrinology and Aging Group at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. Please browse this website for more information about our work.
You can find more about me in my personal website. Full list of publications in publons and Google Scholar.
Current Lab Members
| Name | Join date | Position | E-mail (# = @) | Web |
| Gulam Altab | Sep 2017 | PhD student | galtab#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Roberto Avelar | Aug 2018 | PhD student | R.Avelar#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Kasit Chatsirisupachai | Feb 2018 | PhD student | k.chatsirisupachai#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Thomas Duffield | Aug 2019 | PhD student | Thomas.Duffield#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| J Pedro de Magalhães | Sep 2008 | Professor | aging#liverpool.ac.uk | URL |
| Jacob Edogbanya | Feb 2017 | PhD student | psuedogb#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Anaïs Equey | Mar 2020 | Reearch intern | anais.equey#etu.univ-amu.fr | |
| Zoya Farooq | Nov 2018 | Database curator | Zoya.Farooq#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Thomas Findler | Oct 2020 | Undegrad student | T.Findler#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Nadia Hassen | Oct 2020 | Undegrad student | N.Hassen#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Cyril Lagger | Aug 2019 | Postdoc | Cyril.Lagger#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Ines Lopes | Jan 2019 | Database curator; Masters student (2016-2017) | Ines.De-Almeida-Lopes#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Jiuchen Ma | Oct 2020 | Undegrad student | J.Ma29#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Gustavo Magdaleno | Sep 2019 | PhD student | Gustavo.Daniel.Vega-Magdaleno#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Priyanka Raina | Aug 2018 | Postdoc | P.Raina#liverpool.ac.uk |
Alumni
| Name | Dates | Position | Current affiliation | E-mail (# = @) | Web |
| Naki Adjirackor | 2009-2010 | Undergrad student | JD Healthcare Group | bs0u714c#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Sameer Alam | 2015-2016 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hlsalam#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Dominic Alcock | 2016 | Graduate intern | dominic.alcock.09#alumni.ucl.ac.uk | ||
| Andreja Anzic | 2015 | Undergrad student (from U Ljubljana) | U Ljubljana | andreja.anzic#gmail.com | |
| Natali Araujo | 2015 | Summer student | Merck Brasil | nacarletti#gmail.com | |
| Dominic Bennett | 2015-2019 | PhD student | Randox Laboratories | dfbenn#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Diogo Barardo | 2014-2015 | Masters student (from U Minho) | PhD student, Yale-NUS C, Singapore | diogog.barardo#gmail.com | |
| Timothée Berçon | 2019 | Masters student (from U Clermont Auvergne) | Université Clermont Auvergne | timothee.bercon#yahoo.com | |
| Sven Berres | 2011 | Undergrad student (from Bingen U) | PhD student, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry | sven.bca#googlemail.com | |
| Olivia Butler | 2015-2016 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hlobutle#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Shaun Calvert | 2012-2016 | PhD student | Eli Lilly | sc704#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Viktoria Chatzipavli | 2014-2015 | Undergrad student | hlvchatz#liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Conor Clafferty | 2009 | Summer student | C.Clafferty#student.liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Susan Clarke | 2009-2010 | Masters student (from U Exeter) | U Exeter | susiexclarke#yahoo.co.uk | URL |
| Ben Cleary | 2018 | Masters student | U Liverpool | B.Cleary#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Millie Clements | 2017-2018 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hleclem2#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Rui Cordeiro | 2010-2015 | Research assistant; Undergrad + Masters student (from U Aveiro) | Szent István U | rui.cordeiro#ua.pt | |
| Thomas Craig | 2009-2014 | Web programmer | GeneMill | thomas.craig#tjc.me.uk | URL |
| Augusto Cruz | 2017-2018 | Masters student (from U Porto) | U Porto | au6usto.cruz#gmail.com | |
| Attila Csordas | 2009-2010 | Virtual intern | EBI | attilacsordas#gmail.com | |
| Elizabeth Cummings | 2013-2014 | Undegrad student | hlecummi#student.liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| João Curado | 2007-2008 | Undergrad student (from ESB) | CRG, Barcelona | joao.curado#gmail.com | |
| Amy Danson | 2014 | Summer student | PhD student, Blizard Institute | afd32#cam.ac.uk | |
| Izabella de Lima | 2016 | Summer student | UFMG | izabellaquirinolima#gmail.com | |
| Eric de Sousa | 2014-2015 | Masters student (from U Lisbon) | Champalimaud F | ericdesousa#outlook.com | |
| Aoife Doherty | 2013-2017 | Postdoc | Nuritas | aoifed#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Lisa Downey | 2012-2013 | Undergrad student | hlldowne#liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Luisa Drummond | 2016 | Summer student | UNICAMP | luisadrummond93#gmail.com | |
| James Dunn | 2015-2016 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hljdunn2#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Christa Eekhuis | 2011-2012 | Masters student (from Utrecht U) | Zadkine Techniek College Rotterdam | c.a.eekhuis#students.uu.nl | |
| Maria Fernandes | 2014-2015 | Masters student (from U Lisbon) | PhD student, U Luxembourg | mimsf92#gmail.com | |
| Fabio Ferreira | 2013-2014 | Masters student (from U Minho) | PhD student, GABBA | fjvferreira#outlook.com | |
| Susana Ferreira | 2014-2015 | Masters student (from U Lisbon) | U Lisbon | sueslsf#gmail.com | |
| Ana Fonseca | 2009 | Undergrad student (from ESB) | IGC, Oeiras | ana18marta#gmail.com | |
| Alex Freitas | 2009-2010 | Visiting scholar (U Kent) & Masters student | Professor, U Kent | A.A.Freitas#kent.ac.uk | URL |
| Emma Furphy | 2013-2014 | Undegrad student | hlefurph#student.liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Wendy Galvez | 2014-2015 | Masters student | U Liverpool | hlwvilla#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Dale Gaskill | 2012-2013 | Masters student | Recruitment Management Group | dale_gaskill#hotmail.co.uk | |
| Pratul Ghosh | 2010-2011 | Virtual intern | IISER-Kolkata | ghosh.pratul#gmail.com | |
| Tjasa Grum | 2015 | Undergrad student (from U Ljubljana) | U Ljubljana | grum.tiasha#gmail.com | |
| Patrick Guest | 2010-2011 | Undergrad student | PhD student, St Andrews | P.Guest#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Emily Hesketh | 2009-2010 | Undergrad student | Postdoc, Sanger I | E.E.Hesketh#sms.ed.ac.uk | |
| Andrew Holmes | 2009-2014 | PhD student | U Bristol | andyholmes666#gmail.com | |
| Jordan Humphries | 2011-2012 | Undergrad student | bs0u9180#liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Edward Hutchings | 2015-2016 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hlehutch#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Maria Imram | 2020 | Wellcome PhD rotation student | U Liverpool | Maria.Imran#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Georges Janssens | 2009 | Masters student (from Utrecht U) | Assist Prof, AMC Amsterdam | georgesej#gmail.com | |
| Emily Johnson | 2016-2017 | Database curator | PhD student, U Liverpool | ejohn93#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Kyriacos Karmiotis | 2011-2012 | Undergrad student | bs0u912a#liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Stephane Kazmierczak | 2014 | Graduate intern | BioAge Labs | stephane.kazmierczak#gmail.com | |
| Michael Keane | 2011-2014 | PhD student | Irish Cattle Breeding Federation | mkeane#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Gerald Keil | 2012 & 2013 | Summer student | Masters student, U Newcastle | bs0u913b#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Holly Knight | 2012-2013 | Undergrad student | hlhknigh#liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Kirthiga Kumar | 2010-2011 | Masters student | kritika.sk#live.com | ||
| Mengjia Li | 2017-2018 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hlmli#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Xiaoyu Li | 2018 | Summer student | U Liverpool | hlxli#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Yang Li | 2008-2014 | Virtual intern; Masters student (2009-2010) | Assist Prof, Chicago U | goldenflaw#gmail.com | URL |
| Chris Lofthouse | 2014 | Postdoc | KPMG UK | lofty1009#hotmail.com | |
| Joana Lourenço | 2010 | Summer student | REQUIMTE | joanalourenco7#gmail.com | |
| Saara Marttila | 2018-2019 | Postdoc | U Tampere | saara.marttila@tuni.fi | |
| André Macedo | 2010-2012 | Masters student (from U Lisbon) | PhD student, CEDOC | linkin_andre#hotmail.com | |
| Tom Marlow | 2018-2019 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hltmarlo#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Nurulfiza Mat Isa | 2011-2012 | Postdoc | Lecturer, Universiti Putra Malaysia | nurulfiza#biotech.upm.edu.my | |
| Alex Matsuda | 2007-2008 | Undergrad student (from ESB) | Brigham & Women's H | alexjmats#gmail.com | |
| Ashley Mckenna | 2010-2011 | Undergrad student | bs0u81bd#student.liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Flora Mikaeloff | 2020 | PhD student (from Karolinska Institute) | Karolinska Institute | flora.mikaeloff#ki.se | URL |
| Ricardo Miragaia | 2012 | Graduate intern | PhD student, MIT Portugal | rjudicemiragaia#gmail.com | |
| Phoebe Mills | 2019-2020 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hlpmills#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Gianni Monaco | 2013-2017 | PhD student | Universitatsspital Basel | mongianni1#gmail.com | |
| Patrick Monteiro | 2015 | Summer student | UFPA | hsproman#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Gerard Muntane | 2017 | Visiting postdoc (UPF) | Universitat Pompeu Fabra | gerard.muntane#upf.edu | |
| Alexander Murray | 2018 | Masters student | PhD student, U Warwick | A.D.Murray#iverpool.ac.uk | |
| Guy Novoa | 2019 | Graduate intern | U Autónoma de Madrid | kantpen#icloud.com | |
| Caolan O' Carroll | 2009 | Summer student | cs0u73b9#student.liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Javier Ortega | 2016-2017 | Masters student | jagoor93#liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Daniel Palmer | 2017-2020 | Postdoc | Rostock U | D.R.Palmer#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Wenlan Pan | 2018-2019 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | W.Pan3#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Venkatesh Patel | 2011 | Summer intern | Genome International Corp | vgernekei#gmail.com | |
| Rudolfs Petrovs | 2017 | Undergrad student (from U Latvia) | U Latvia | rudolfs.petrovs#gmail.com | |
| Francisco Pinho | 2013 | Graduate intern | U Aveiro | fpinho#ua.pt | |
| Mario Pinto | 2013 | PhD student (from U Seville) | Postdoc, U Oxford | mariofa_#hotmail.com | |
| Pedro Pinto | 2012-2013 | Graduate intern | U Aveiro | pedromiguel#ua.pt | |
| Michael Plank | 2009-2010 | Diploma student (from U Vienna) | Postdoc, U Geneva | michael84p#web.de | |
| Sarah Power | 2012-2013 | Undergrad student | hlspower#liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Christopher Pyes | 2018 | Summer student | Bowling Green SU | cpyles#bgsu.edu | |
| Ashish Rajput | 2013 | Virtual intern | PhD student, U Gottingen | ashish.medbt#gmail.com | |
| Joao Ribeiro | 2013 | Masters student (from U Minho) | Blip.pt | joaowuis#gmail.com | |
| Simon Richardson | 2012-2013 | Graduate intern | simonprichardson#live.com | ||
| Ulrike Rieprecht | 2018 | Summer student | Freie U Berlin | urieprecht#zedat.fu-berlin.de | |
| Joanne Rigby | 2009-2010 | Undergrad student | bs0u71e0#student.liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Kathryn Robert | 2010-2011 | Undergrad student | kat.robert#yahoo.co.uk | ||
| Neidy Rodrigues | 2012 | Masters student (from U Aveiro) | PhD student, IMM, Lisbon | a36972#ua.pt | |
| Shraddha Sankhe | 2009-2010 | Virtual intern | U Leicester | sankhe.shraddha#yahoo.co.uk | |
| Samim Sharifi | 2015 | Masters student (from U Amsterdam) | PhD student, Leibniz I on Aging | m.s.sharifi#student.vu.nl | |
| Samuel Shields | 2017 | Wellcome PhD rotation student | PhD student, U Liverpool | hlsshie2#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| A Sofia Silva | 2010 | Summer student | Postdoc, U Aveiro | a.sofiag#hotmail.com | |
| Daniel Simionica | 2016-2017 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hldsimio#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Xiaolei Song | 2016-2017 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hlxsong#student.liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Henry Stanley | 2011 | Graduate intern | Pivotal Software | henry#henrystanley.com | URL |
| Michael Stevens | 2015-2016 | Postdoc | Postdoc, U Geneva | wamiks#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Mark Stevenson | 2015 | Web programmer | MMK Digital | markst#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Soren Stirling | 2009-2011 | Undergrad student (from OU) | Birkbeck C | soren-stirling#hotmail.com | |
| Robi Tacutu | 2011-2016 | Postdoc | PI, Institute of Biochemistry, Romania | robi.tacutu#gmail.com | URL |
| Rute Teixeira | 2010-2011 | Masters student (from U Lisbon) | PhD student, BioISI | rute.m.t#gmail.com | |
| Daniela Tejada Martinez | 2018-2019 | PhD student (from U Austral de Chile) | U Austral de Chile | dtejadamartinez#gmail.com | |
| Louise Thompson | 2015 | Wellcome PhD rotation student | PhD student, U Liverpool | louiset#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Harikrishnan Thoppil | 2015 | Summer student | PhD student, U Calgary | harit1994#gmail.com | |
| Daniel Thornton | 2015-2018 | Web programmer | Aire Logic | dpthorn#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Manuel Trauner | 2018 | Graduate intern | Apollo Ventures | mtrauner#live.de | |
| Sipko van Dam | 2009-2015 | PhD student; Masters student (2009-2010) | Postdoc, U Groningen | sipkovandam#gmail.com | |
| Blaine Van Rensburg | 2020 | Summer student | U Warwick | blainevanrens#gmail.com | |
| Ana Viegas | 2013-2018 | PhD student (from U Coimbra) | U Coimbra | atbviegas#gmail.com | |
| Davide Vitiello | 2020 | Masters student (from ETH Zurich) | ETH Zurich | vidavide#student.ethz.ch | |
| Chintan Vora | 2009 | Virtual intern | Thermo Fisher | prof_bioinformatician#yahoo.co.uk | |
| Ellice Wakelin | 2017-2018 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hlewakel#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Jingwei Wang | 2013-2017 | PhD student | Sanger I | jing_wei_wang#yahoo.com | |
| Imogen Webb | 2014-2015 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hliwebb#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Charlotte Whitehouse | 2010-2011 | Undergrad student | Calor Gas | charlie_whitehouse#hotmail.co.uk | |
| Pooi-Fong Wong | 2014-2015 | Visiting scholar (U Malaya) | Assoc Prof, U Malaya | wongpf#um.edu.my | URL |
| Shona Wood | 2010-2013 | Postdoc | Assist Prof, U Tromso | shona.wood#manchester.ac.uk | URL |
| Daniel Wuttke | 2009-2014 | PhD student | SENS Research Foundation | age#liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Chenhao Yang | 2013 | Summer student | BSK BioPharma | chenhao.yang.14#alumni.ucl.ac.uk | |
| Zaki Yunsi | 2011-2012 | Undergrad student | bs0u9204#liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Jian Zhang | 2011-2012 | Undergrad student | hljzhang#liverpool.ac.uk | ||
| Bruce Zhang | 2019 | Summer student | UCL | bruce.zhang.18#ucl.ac.uk | |
| Xiaoping Zhang | 2016 | Summer student | St. Olaf College | zhang8#stolaf.edu | |
| Jia Zheng | 2016-2017 | Undergrad student | U Liverpool | hljzheng#student.liverpool.ac.uk |
