Current members
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Kazuhiro Yamamoto (山本 和博)
散歩、宴、家族、友人、同僚、ラボメンバー、――ていうか人、が好きです。
British-minded Japanese, giving it my all every day!
Project Assistant Professor
Ryo Muko (向 亮)
趣味は山とコーヒー、いつかは100マイル走りたい🗻
Second-year Master’s student
Mei Kanakubo (金久保 萌衣)
Project: The role of endocytic receptor LRP1 in hyaluronan metabolism.
趣味はドライブと映画と読書です。写真は生後3か月の飼い犬です。今年で無事に3歳を迎えました。
First-year Master’s student
Aoi Suzuki (鈴木 蒼衣)
Project: Novel molecular mechanisms that regulate cellular responses to mechanical stimuli.
mbti: ESFJ Jらしく計画的に研究頑張ります⭐︎
Riyu Fujisawa (藤澤 璃優)
Project: Functional analysis of the endocytic receptor LRP1 in the digestive organs.
趣味はポーカーです。スノボはできません。修士2年間がんばります！
Mana Nakagawa (中川 麻菜)
Project: The effects of sulfur-containing compounds in skin health and ageing.
化粧品、KingGnu、龍宮城が好きです。ITARUのアクスタ6体と一緒に研究してます。
Forth-year Undergraduate student
Yuna Sekido (関戸 結菜)
Project: Dissecting the role non-canonical Wnt receptor ROR2 for osteoarthritis therapy.
趣味はカラオケとカフェ巡りです。研究頑張ります！よろしくお願いします。
Baldorj Nomin
Project: Beyond aggrecan degradation: Moonlighting signalling functions of ADAMTS5 in cartilage health and disease.
Don’t give up on your dreams. Keep sleeping.
Naoya Sahara (佐原 直哉)
Project: Targeting LRP1 function and shedding to protect cartilage in osteoarthritis.
趣味は筋トレ、バドミントン、音楽を聴くこと、散歩です。研究や勉強にも一生懸命取り組みます。よろしくお願いします！
Kaho Ueyama (上山 華歩)
Project: The role of endocytic receptor LRP1 in neuronal extracellular matrix formation and turnover.
趣味は旅行と、音楽です。これからの研究室生活楽しみます！よろしくお願いします。
Kiri Nakamura (中村 綺莉)
Project: Exploring the role of endocytic receptor LRP1 in skin health and ageing.
旅行と写真が好きで、旅先では一眼で景色や友達の写真を撮るのを楽しんでいます。今一番行ってみたい場所は北欧で、オーロラを見るのが夢です！
<Liverpool>
Georgia Pickard (PhD student, September 2024-)
Primary supervisor: Dr David Wilkinson (Liverpool)
Funding: Crossly Barnes Bequest
Project: Dissecting the fibrosis drivers in the lung: the role of a SERPINE2/LRP1 interaction in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
Former members
PhDs
Anders Jensen (PhD awarded in 2025)
Funding: Dunhill Medical Trust
Project: Identifying age-related extracellular microenvironment in dental tissues.
Publications: EOVS, Mat Biol, JBC review
Abdulrahman ME Gremida (PhD awarded in 2025)
Funding: Libyan Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Project: Cell-surface endocytic receptor low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 and cellular signalling pathways in osteoarthritis development
Publications: Mat Biol. Bone Res.
Noor A Al-Maslamani (PhD awarded in 2024)
Funding: Qatar National Research Fund
Project: A novel form of mechanotransduction: LRP1 a mechanosensory at the cell periphery and a structural linker in the nucleus.
Awards: Poster presentation prize for Noor Al Maslamani at Gordon Research Seminar on Cartilage and Joint Pathology, Il Ciocco, Italy (2023); Poster presentation prize for Noor Al Maslamani at Cutting Edge Osteoarthritis meeting, Oxford (2022).
Mohammad Alhashmi (PhD awarded in 2023)
Primary supervisor: Prof George Bou-Gharios (Liverpool)
Funding: The Ministry of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Project: Investigating the role of Low-density lipoprotein Receptor-related Protein 1 (LRP1) in skeletal development and homeostasis.
Awards: Poster presentation prize for Noor Al Maslamani at Cutting Edge Osteoarthritis meeting, Oxford (2022).
Martina Meschis (PhD awarded in 2022)
Funding: Crossly Barnes Bequest
Project: Role of cell-surface receptor LRP1 in the development of lung fibrosis.
Awards: British Society for Matrix Biology Travel Bursary Award (2021).
Masters
Constance McManus (Masters awarded in 2025)
Project: Imaging analysis to investigate the role of LRP1 in cellular uptake and fibril formation of type I collagen.
Tom Baker (Masters awarded in 2025)
Project: Histological examination of the role of LRP1 in intestine homeostasis and the development of lung fibrosis.
Dinesh Thyagarajan (Masters awarded in 2024)
Project: Protecting LRP1 shedding in cartilage using LRP1 decoys against osteoarthritis.
Daisy Quinn (Masters awarded in 2023)
Project: Protecting the cell surface receptor LRP1 from proteolytic cleavage: a potential therapeutic approach for osteoarthritis.
Amy Gillespie (Masters awarded in 2018)
Project: Endocytic regulation of TSG-6, a newly identified ligand for LRP1.
Laura Bowker (Masters awarded in 2018)
Project: The endocytic regulation of TGFBIp and periostin through LRP1.
Undergraduates
Tricia Edada (Summer research programme from Toronto, 2024)
Project: Investigation of cell-surface receptor LRP1-mediated endocytosis of type I collagen.
Ali Ezzeddine (Summer research programme from Toronto, 2024)
Project: Evaluation of the Effect of TGF-β on the Trafficking of Type I collagen.
Mia Mandare-Singh (2023-2024)
Project: The role of LRP-1 in non-canonical Wnt signalling pathway and its application in Osteoarthritis.
Lowri Mitchell (2023-2024)
Project: Investigating age-associated changes in human oral (dental tissue/teeth) proteome.
Kaite Donne (2022-2023)
Project: Dissecting the interaction between the cell-surface receptor LRP-1 and its sheddases: a key event in the development of osteoarthritis.
Jaskirat Aulakh (2021-22)
Project: Visualising COL1A2-expressing cells in the mouse model of lung fibrosis.
Emily Simmons (2019-2020)
Project: Roles of the endocytic receptor LRP1 in respiratory health and disease.
Kamile Sinicaite (2018-19)
Project: Changes in LRP1 with age and the significance of LRP1 in the development of osteoarthritis.
Yamamoto lab - Think beyond the cell 