CURRICULUM VITAE Nancy Papalopulu, FMedSci

RESEARCH POSTS 2006-2020 Senior Research Fellow/, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK 2000-2006 Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, , Cambridge, UK 1997-2000 Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow Gurdon Institute, Cambridge, UK EDUCATION AND TRAINING 1991-1996 Post-doctoral Fellow (HFSPO), Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology The Salk Institute for Biomedical Research, La Jolla, USA. Advisor: Prof. C.Kintner 1986-1990 Ph.D. (Competitive PhD Studentship by the Greek Government) National Institute for Medical Research, , UK. Advisor: Prof. HONOURS/AWARDS • Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, May 2013 • Researcher of the Year Award, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, 2013 • Elected Member of EMBO, May 2012 th • Elected Board Member of the International Society of Differentiation, 5 November 2012-2018; 6 yr term • Elected to the British Society of Cell Biology Committee, November 2012 • Elected Fellow of the Society of Biology, June 2011 • Elected Committee member and Executive Officer (Meetings Officer) of the British Society of (BSDB), 2003-2009, overseeing the organisation of BSDB Spring and Fall Conferences. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (selected) a. External activities: • Member of WT Expert Review Group, 2016-2019 • Invited to Wellcome Trust Research Leadership Development Programme, 2015 • Invited member of REF 2014, Unit of Assessment Biological Sciences, Nov 2013-July 2014 • Member of the Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship Interview Committee (2010-2013) • Member of BBSRC research grant committee (Genes and Development, 2007-2009) • Editorial Board of Development, Developmental Dynamics, Neural Development, Mechanisms of Development, Gene Expression Patterns b. Internal activities (selected): • Tissue Systems Section Head (managing Developmental Biology and the Wellcome Trust Centre of Extracellular Matrix Research; 39 Research Groups), 2011-2014 • Research Grouping Leader for Developmental Biology (15 Research Groups), 2007- 2011. • Member of the Faculty Management Team, January 2011-2014 • Member of the Research Management Team, 2009-2014 CURRENT RESEARCH FUNDING 2015-2020 Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship (3rd renewal) 2013-2017 MRC Res. grant (Microscopy Initiative, co-PI with Prof. M, White, PI), 2010-2015 Wellcome Trust Equipment grant (confocal microscope) (leading PI) 2016-2018 Wellcome Trust PhD Programme in Quantitative and Biophysical Biology, co-Director RECENT RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (selected 6 only) 1) Sabherwal, N., Thuret, R., Lea R., and Papalopulu, N. (2014). Phosphorylation of a inhibitor, p27Xic1, by a polarity kinase, aPKC, provides a direct mechanistic link between apicobasal polarization and control of the cell cycle, Dev Cell, 8(5): 559-71, 2) Goodfellow, M., Phillips, N., Manning, C, Galla, T., and Papalopulu, N. (2014) microRNA input into a neural ultradian oscillator provides a mechanism for the timing of differentiation and the emergence of alternative cells states, Nature Communications, 4; 5:3399. 3) Bonev, B., Stanley, P and Papalopulu, N. (2012) miR-9 modulates Hes1 ultradian oscillations by forming a double negative-feedback loop, Cell Reports, 2:10-8 (selected as “special interest” by F1000) 4) Dajas-Bailador, F., Bonev B., Garcez P., Stanley P., Guillemot F., Papalopulu N. (2012). microRNA-9 regulates axon extension and branching by targeting Map1b in mouse cortical neurons, Nature Neuroscience, 15: 697-699. 5) Woolner, S and Papalopulu, N. (2012). Spindle position in symmetric cell divisions during epiboly, is controlled by opposing and dynamic apicobasal forces. Dev Cell, 22:775-87 (highlighted in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology; highlighted in Cell, selected by F1000). 6) Bonev, B, Pisco, A. and Papalopulu, N. (2011), microRNA-9 reveals regional diversity of neural progenitors along the anterior-posterior axis. Dev. Cell, 18:19-32. (selected as “must read” by F1000).