Masters and Visiting Students

At the University of Glasgow, 2016 –

Luke Power, Glasgow University Masters in Biomedical Sciences (2024) : Understanding the immunomodulatory inhibitory function of Heligmosomoides polygyrus secreted TGF-β mimic protein (TGM) 6 on macrophages during type 2 inflammation and efferocytosis. Now Research Assistant in the Maizels Lab, University of Glasgow.

Paniagotis (Alex) Zacharis, Glasgow University Masters  in Immunology and Infectious Disease (2024), “Helminth products inhibit classically activated macrophages”.

Alba Maestro, University of Barcelona (2024) “Characterisation of the Heligmosomoides polygyrus course of infection over time“.

Ailidh McGonigle, Glasgow University Masters in Immunology (2023). “Helminth modulation of macrophages”. Now studying at University of Calgary, Canada

Lewis Taylor, Glasgow University Masters in Infection Biology. (2023) “Specificity of TGM-7, a member of the H. polygyrus TGF-β Mimic protein family”.

Natalia Wasowska, Diploma student from Wageningen University, Netherlands (September 2022-February 2023). “TGFβ mimics from Heligmosomoides polygyrus and their effect on different macrophage subsets.” Now PhD student in the MacDonald lab a tthe University of Edinburgh. Co-author on Singh et al (2025).

Ella Kancel, Catholic University of Lyon. (May – August 2023) Cloned Toxocara canis ES protein genes for expression in mammalian cells.

Emmaculate (Emma) Ntang, Master’s student, University of Buea, Cameroon (Jan-May 2020) Studies on TGM-2. Returned in 2023 as Split-Site PhD Student (see PhD Student page)

Vivien Shek. University of Glasgow Immunology Master’s student (2019) : “Function and sequence analysis of monoclonal antibodies to a key parasite protein”. Co-author on Smyth et al (2021).  Now PhD student in the McSorley lab at the University of Dundee

Regina Jin (2019-2020) Binding of H. polygyrus TGF-β mimic family members to mouse splenocytes. Co-author on Singh et al (2025). Now at the Medical University of Vienna.

Rimke Postel (March-September 2019) Utrecht University, the Netherlands. “The role of IL-25 on alternatively activated macrophages during helminth infection”. Designer of the H polygyrus alphabet.

Eloisa Vega Quiroz , Master’s student in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease from Radboud University, the Netherlands. (Nov 2018 – August 2019) “Effect of helminth parasite-secreted proteins on the innate immune response of macrophages”. Now PhD student at Leiden University.

Ina Sauerland, Wageningen University, Netherlands  (Feb-August 2018). “Interactions of BmVAL-1 with mouse fibroblasts and macrophages”. Now PhD student at University of  Magdeburg, Germany.

Ran He (2018). Studied helminth allergen proteins. Now at College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chine

Yvonne Graf, University of Applied Sciences, Vienna, Austria. (January-June 2018) “Immune evasion proteins from helminth parasites“.

Marloes van Adrichem, Wageningen University, Netherlands. (May-November 2017)  “Functional studies on venom allergen-like (VAL) proteins from Heligmosomoides polygyrus.”

Dominik Benke, Master’s student, University of Würzburg, Germany. (October 2016-July 2017). “Investigating Heligmosomoides polygyrus excretory-secretory products for CD24-binding activity”

Dennis Hoving, MSc Student, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, (June-September 2o16). “VAL-4, goblet cells and innate anti-helminth defence molecules”.

Ester Sala Solé, University of Lleida, Spain . PhD student from the laboratory of Conchi Mora, Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental Medicine (March-May 2015)

At the University of Edinburgh 1995-2016

Anna Kildemoes, University of Copenhagen 2014 (October-November) “Expression of novel secreted proteins from the nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus”. Co-author on Johnston et al (2017).

Simone Burkhardt, University of Aachen, Germany 2013. “Brugia galectin”

Katja Obieglo, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.  2011 “Immunological functions of Bm1_24940, the galectin secreted by the filarial parasite Brugia malayi.”

Nic Robertson, MSc Student, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2011: “Immune functions of Bm-SPN-2, a serpin produced by microfilariae of the parasitic nematode Brugia malayi”

Blaise Dayer, Master’s Student, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland 2010-2011 : “Modulation of dendritic cell function by H. polygyrus products”

Maaike van Agtmaal, Diploma Student, Wageningen University, The Netherlands 2009-2010 : “ The H. polygyrus VAL protein family”

Steffi Knopp, University of Tübingen. Summer studentship in immunological techniques. May-August 2003.

Michala Techau, University of Copenhagen, October-December 2001. “Mast cells and the Th2 response to helminth parasites”

Andrew Doedens (ORCID), University of Indiana. 1988-1999. Studies on mucins and lectins from Toxocara canis. See Loukas et al (2000) and  Doedens et al (2001).

Anita van den Biggelaar, Leiden University

At Imperial College London 1983-1995

Julie Healer, 1992-1994, Now Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Cowman Laboratory, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

Inge Sutanto, 1982-1983. Now Professor at the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia