The Journal
NEW FELLOWS
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MR ROD CANTRILL
DR ROSS HILL
DR ELISA GALLIANO
Mr Rod Cantrill was appointed as the Bursar from 1st October 2020.
Dr Ross Hill is a career development fellow at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology where he studies the consequences of DNA damage for stem cell maintenance and fertility. The main aim of his research is to understand how germ cells (sperm and eggs) maintain the integrity of their DNA and faithfully transmit genetic information to the next generation.
Dr Elisa Galliano is a University Lecturer in Neuroscience in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN). Prior to that, she worked at King’s College London and Harvard University as a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral fellow, and trained at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (PhD in Neuroscience) and University of Pavia (MSc in Neurobiology, BSc Biology). Research in her laboratory focuses on the ways in which the brain responds to incoming stimuli and uses such experiences to flexibly modify itself at a cellular level. This process, called neuronal plasticity, is fundamental, as it is thought to be the molecular basis of behaviours such as network development, learning, memory, and sensory processing.
Rod has over 30 years’ experience from a career in finance and business. He also has a deep knowledge of Cambridge as an alumnus of St Catharine’s College, from his involvement in local politics and as a trustee of Wintercomfort, a Cambridge homeless charity.
Failure to do so can result in the accumulation of germline mutations, which are the foundation of genetic disease and the substrate on which natural selection operates.
