University of Bristol

Microvascular Research Laboratories   

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology 

Research interests
Fundraising trip


Support
Group Members
Contact details
Teaching links (and library project)
Positions available

Publications
Conference presentations
British Microcirculation Society
Links
Department of Physiology
Bristol Heart Institute
Updated April 26th 2009


Principal Investigators

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David Bates

Professor of Microvascular Biology and Medicine,
Scientific Director, MVRL, and British Heart Foundation Lecturer in Basic Biomedical Sciences, Department of Physiology. 
email: Dave.Bates@bris.ac.uk

Professor Steve Harper

Honorary Professor in Physiology and Pharmacology,
Clinical Director, MVRL, Consultant Nephrologist, Academic Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital. 
Email: S.Harper@bris.ac.uk




Dr Andy Salmon
Clinical Lecturer in Nephrology and Honorary Research Fellow in Physiology
Andy.Salmon@bristol.ac.uk

Dr Chris Neal
MRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Chris.Neal@bris.ac.uk

Thank you for your interest in the MVRL.

Research Interests


The Biology of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors

Our research concentrates on the biology of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors. Areas include regulation of vascular permeability, renal mirocirculation, angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis. To find out why  this is important, and what we're  doing about it, click here . If you are bandwidth challenged click here .A list of  recent publications is also available. 

Fund Raising

In March 2009 Professor Bates had a second attempt at  a sponsored trek from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation and other charities. He did get back uninjured this time, but didn't make it to Zermatt. T find out why click here


Postdoctoral Research Assistants and Associates

Postgraduate Students

Clinical  Fellows and Research Assistants

Dr Yan Qiu

Cancer Research UK Postdoctoral Research Associate, from China
Yan.Qiu@bris.ac.uk
Ollie Stone

BHF PhD student,
Ollie.stone@bris.ac.uk
Principal Supervisor Dave Bates
Dr Victoria Bills
British Heart Foundation Clinical PhD Student
Victoria.Bills@bristol.ac.uk

Principal Supervisor Peter Soothill
Dr Emma Rennel

Fight for Sight Postdoctoral  Research Associate, from Sweden
Emma.Rennel@bris.ac.uk
Joanne Ferguson
BHF PhD student, from Scotland
Joanne.ferguson@bris.ac.uk
Principal Supervisor Steve Harper and Andy Salmon
Ms Shyamala Gopi
Clinical Research Fellow in Urology, from India
shyamalagopi@hotmail.com
Principal Supervisor Dave Gillatt
Dr Maryam Hamdollah- Zadeh
Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Research Associate, from Iran

Elliana Amin
PhD Student, from Singapore
(working jointly with Dr Michael Ladomery in the BGRI, Faculty of Appolied Sciences, University of West of England)
Principal Supervisor Mike Ladomery
Kirsty Symonds
Research assistant

kirsty.symonds@bris.ac.uk
(working jointly with Dr Antonio Orlando in the Dept of Plastic Surgery at Frenchay Hospital)
vadim Vadim Alexeenko
BHF funded postdoctoral research assistant (with Jules Hancox), from Russia and Lithuania
leslie Leslie Sage

PhD student
, from USA
Leslie.Sage@bris.ac.uk
Principal Supervisor Dave Bates
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Mr Robert Muston


Honorary Research Assistant and MSc candidate.

Robert.Muston@bris.ac.uk
Principal Supervisor Chris Neal
gopi Gopinath Damodoran
Postdoctoral Research Assistant. From India
maria Maria Peiris Pages.
PhD student (working jointly with Dr Pramila Ramani  in Cellular and Molecualr Medicine)
Principal Supervisor Pramila Ramani
josh Josh Dungwa
UBHT Funded MSc student(working jointly with Dr Pramila Ramani  in Cellular and Molecualr Medicine)
Principal Supervisor Pramila Ramani

cha Coralie Hoareau-Aveilla

Cancer Research UK Postdoctoral Research Assistant. From France
wei Wei Kang Wu
 PhD student  (working jointly withProfessor Andrew Dick  in Ophthalmology) Principal Supervisor Andrew Dick (from Taiwan)



seb Sebastian Oltean
BHF Postdoctoral Research Assistant . From Romania
silvia Silvia Lanati.
Wellcome Trust FundedPhD student
. Principal Supervisor Dave Bates

Kenton Arkill
BHF Postdoctoral Research Assistant
nick Nick Beazley Long
Wellcome Trust FundedPhD student. (jointly supervised by Dr Lucy Donaldson)

Laboratory Technicians


Ms Joanne Malcolm

 
Laboratory Manager, from Scotland
j.malcolm@bris.ac.uk


Ms Kara Telfer
Laboratory technician
Sandeep Mr Sandeep Dhayade
Research Technician

Previous students and postdocs staff

woolard.jpg Dr Jeanette Woolard
is now a manager at the Clinical trials Unit at the Wales Cancer Centre in Cardiff

max Maxine Emmett is now working as a a postdoc with Rowan Pritchard-Jones in Liverpool




Dr Cathy Glass  is now working at the Statistics office in Newport.
Dr Jing Hua is now completing her training as an Ophthalmologist in Bath
darryl Mr Darryl Dunn is completing his plastic surgery training in Oxford
Dawid Dr  Dawid Nowak is finishing his MSc in Bioscience Enterprise atCambridge University

Mr Alex Varey was a Clinical Research Fellow/RCS  Surgical Registrar and Hunterian Professor of Surgery for 2007-8. He is now working as a specialist registrar in plastic surgery in the South West.
Ricardo Peixota is studying Medicine at Warwick
Arjun Krishnakur is now working at the University of Oxford as a research assistant, having compelted his MSc with us.
Liz Waine was a Urology Registrar/Visiting Clinical  Research Fellow . She is Currently writing up her MD while working as a Specialist Registrar in Surgical Urology.
Andy B Andy Benest has a position as a junior team leader with Hellmut Augustin's laboratory in Heidleberg. 

heather Heather Bevan is a postdoctoral research associate at the Academic Renal Unit at Southmead Hospital working with Dr Simon Satchell

Mr Rowan Pritchard- Jones was the 2005-6 Hunterian professor of Surgery and is a SPR on the Liverpool Plastic Surgery Rotation

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Dr Olga Konopatskaya is currently working with Dr Alastair Poole in Pharmacology in Bristol

Dr Hongwei Cheng
is working jointly with Jules Hancox in the CRL and Clive Orchard in the Department of Physiology
Dr Catherine Glass is now back in the lab after a spell as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California Davis,  with Prof Roy Curry

Dr Rachel Perrin is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California, with Prof Sarah Yuan.
Dr Becky Foster is a postdoctoral research associate at the Academic Renal Unit working with Profesor Peter Mathieson.

Kavita Joory is a medical student in Birmingham
Jacqui Shields is a postdoctoral research scientist in Melody Swartz' laboratory in Lausanne

    
Dr Wenying Wang is currently working as a research scientist for Novobiotech in Beijing



Cheryl Whittles is working in the Department of Anatomy with Mo Sharif
Dr Andrew (Tai-Gen) Cui is now working at the Institute of Nephrology in Beijing
Tris Pocock is now a teaching fellow in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Manchester
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Support

Our work is supported by the folowing charities.
Wellcome Trust British Heart Foundation Association for International Cancer Research, Medical Research Council
The Richard Bright VEGF Research Trust,

Cancer Research UK
National Kidney Research Foundation
Prostate Research Campaign
Royal College of Surgeons
Skin Cancer Research Fund






 


Contact Details

To contact the laboratory email  Dave.Bates@bris.ac.uk
Our address is:
Microvascular Research Laboratories,
Bristol Heart Institute
Department of Physiology
University of Bristol
School of Veterinary Sciences
Southwell Street, Bristol, BS2 8EJ

Our telephone number is 0117 928 9818

Our Fax Number is 0117 928 8151

Teaching links

Links to Dr Bates' teaching pages, including the, Microcirculation Lectures , Cell Biology , and Temperature regulation Lectures
 

This years Library Project

* Microvascular Lab

Home page for Dr Bates' Microvascular Exchange Special Study Module

Available positions
We currently have one technical position available.

* Recent publications

       Including papers in press

* Latest Lab conference news
        Details of abstracts and posters presented at recent meetings by members of the lab.
* The British Microcirculation Society
The BMS home page, with details of conferences, abstracts, a whole load of microcirc. journals, and a lot more.
 

Links

[W] The Microcirculation Society
Link to the Microcirculatory Society in the United States


[W] Other Vascular Biology links
Link to the home page of the NAVBO, Physsoc, APS and others
[W] Dr Bates' personal links
Links to pages I think are interesting, including skiing, wine and football links

Department Page

Information supplied by: Dave Bates
Last updated: February 2005
Dr D.O. Bates
The views expressed in this document are those of the document owner.