The Graham Lab - Wellcome Project Group
The project aims to investigate the role of the iCCR cluster (CCR1, CCR2, CCR3 and CCR5) in health and disease using novel mouse models targeting this cluster. These include a multi-receptor knock-out (KO), a multi-receptor reporter and a conditional KO strain.
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Postdocs
Dr. Marieke Pingen
About Marieke
I’m a research fellow and CRG’s resident virologist-turned-immunologist. My research interest is how our immune cells migrate in the context of viral infection, in particular during viral encephalitis.
After my PhD on transmission and evolution of HIV-1 at Erasmus MC (Rotterdam, NL), I joined Clive McKimmie’s Virus-Host-Interactions Team (VHIT) to work on mosquito-transmitted viruses and learn about cell migration and the immune system.
In addition to doing science I love science communication, baking, reading and good and bad films.
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Contact by Marieke.Pingen@glasgow.ac.uk
Dr. Heather Mathie
About Heather
I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the CRG. I gained my MSci Immunology degree from the University of Glasgow in 2013 and went on to gain a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where I studied the macrophage response to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis under the supervision of Prof. Jayne Hope. I then returned to Glasgow in 2022 and currently study inflammatory chemokine receptor biology at rest and during inflammation using single cell RNA-sequencing.
I am also the co-chair of the MVLS PACMAN mentorship programme and enjoy public engagement and teaching.
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Contact: Heather.Mathie@glasgow.ac.uk
Ph.D. Students
Zuzanna Pocalun
About Zuzanna
I’m a third-year PhD student in the CRG, where my research focuses on the temporo-spatial expression of chemokines in inflammation, with a particular emphasis on iCCR ligands. I completed my undergraduate degree in Applied Medical Science at Swansea University in 2022.
Alongside my research, I’m proud to have reestablished the CRG Book Club, and I currently serve as the Immunology PGR Student Rep as well as a Mental Health First Aider.
When I’m not in the lab, you’ll usually find me out hiking, nose in a book, or attempting aerial yoga.
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​Contact: z.pocalun.1@research.gla.ac.uk