Assistant Research Professor

 

Education

​2016 - PhD in Biophysical Chemistry, University of Cambridge

2011 - MSci in Natural Sciences, Chemistry, UNiversity of Cambridge

2010 - Cambridge-MIT Exchange Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Research Interests

Development and application of fundamental biophysical theories to data analysis in a biologically relevant context, Protein Aggregation, Biophysical Chemistry, High Throughput Screening

 

Selected Publications

 

Publications

Potent substoichiometric inhibition of alpha-synuclein aggregation by de novo oligomer-binding proteins
Y Zhang, HL Han, L Ortigosa-Pascual, UZ Miles, F Snow, D Tu, G Meisl, TJ Nott, H Laman, AC McShan, DD Sahtoe, TPJ Knowles
(2026)
Tau aggregate replication occurs at the pre-synapse of cultured human neurons and increases with application of TNFɑ
S Kedia, E Fertan, A Paul, V Davi, G Nolan, K Baranes, Y Wu, JE Kim, A Quaegebeur, MRN Kotter, E Avezov, G Meisl, D Klenerman
(2026)
Single-molecule detection methods to study alpha-synuclein aggregation in postmortem Parkinson's disease brains.
D Klenerman
Cell reports methods
(2026)
6
Tau catalyzes amyloid-β aggregation and toxicity in a polymorph-dependent manner
M Mosconi, C Leonardi, Z Armour-Garb, B Rocutto, M Beeg, G Meisl, L Ortigosa-Pascual, L Broggini, M Salmona, S Ricagno, TPJ Knowles, L Diomede
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2026)
123
Nanoscopic tau aggregates are not shared intermediates but disease-specific entities across tauopathies
D Böken, M Huang, Y Wu, E Fertan, MW Cotton, G Meisl, JYL Lam, S Baig, JB Rowe, C Smith, A Quaegebeur, D Cox, WA McEwan, D Klenerman
Cell Reports
(2026)
45
A universal phase-plane model for in vivo protein aggregation.
MW Cotton, A Goriely, D Klenerman, G Meisl
The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2026)
164
Structural defects in amyloid-β fibrils drive secondary nucleation
J Hu, T Scheidt, D Thacker, E Axell, E Stemme, U Łapińska, S Wennmalm, G Meisl, S Curk, M Andreasen, M Vendruscolo, P Arosio, A Šarić, JD Schmit, TPJ Knowles, E Sparr, S Linse, TCT Michaels, AJ Dear
Nat Commun
(2026)
17
A cell-level model to predict the spatiotemporal dynamics of neurodegenerative disease
S-H Huang, MW Cotton, TPJ Knowles, D Klenerman, G Meisl
(2026)
Cell-Level Model to Predict the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Neurodegenerative Disease
S-H Huang, 黃士桓, MW Cotton, TPJ Knowles, D Klenerman, G Meisl
Prx Life
(2026)
4
Inhibiting Disulfide Bonding in Truncated Tau297–391 Results in Enhanced Self-Assembly of Tau into Seed-Competent Assemblies
SS Oakley, KE Marshall, G Meisl, A Copsey, MB Maina, R Milton, T Vorley, JMD Storey, CR Harrington, CM Wischik, W-F Xue, LC Serpell
ACS Chem Neurosci
(2025)
17

Postdoctoral researcher

Telephone number

01223 763842, 01223 763845 (shared)

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