Instruments by Science Group

Macromolecular
Crystallography

Soft Condensed
Matter

Imaging and
Microscopy

Biological
Cryo-Imaging

Magnetic
Materials

Structures and
Surfaces

Crystallography

Spectroscopy

Contact

eBIC admin enquiries

Tel: +44 (0) 1235 56 7480
Email: [email protected]
Office hours: 08.30-16.30(UK) Mon-Fri

Science enquiries

Peijun Zhang
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 77 8878
Email: [email protected]

Daniel Clare
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 56 7501
Email: [email protected]

Yuriy Chaban
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 77 8207
Email: [email protected]

Christos Savva
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 77 8976
Email: [email protected]

Training enquiries

Tel: +44 (0) 1235 39 4182
Email: [email protected]

Science Group Leader

Martin Walsh

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1235 778518

Funded by a grant from

eBIC

Status: Operational

Accelerating Voltages: 3-30, 200 & 300 kV

Cryo-EM: Cryo Electron Microscopy Cryo-ET: Cryo Electron Tomography Imaging Electron Microscope Electron Crystallography FIBSEM: Cryo Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy Microscopy Remote Access

People

Peijun Zhang

Director of the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 77 8878

Biology Technique Development Structural Biology Infectious Disease Imaging In situ Macromolecular Crystallography X-ray Diffraction

Daniel Clare

Principal Electron Microscopist for the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 56 7501

Cryo-ET: Cryo Electron Tomography Cryo-EM: Cryo Electron Microscopy FIBSEM: Cryo Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy Imaging Tomography Microscopy Structural Biology

Yuriy Chaban

Principal Electron Microscopist for the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Yuriy joined eBIC in March 2017 from the Imperial College London.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 77 8207

Cryo-EM: Cryo Electron Microscopy Cryo-ET: Cryo Electron Tomography Imaging Tomography Electron Microscope Biology Agri and Food Security Biotechnology Cancer Research Drug Development Genetics and Genomics Structural Biology Technique Development

Christos Savva

Principal Electron Microscopist for the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Christos joined eBIC in November 2024.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 77 8976

Anna Rackley

eBIC/I14 Coordinator

Office and facility coordinator for the centres for electron Bio-Imaging (eBIC) and electron Physical Science Imaging (ePSIC), and the I14 beamline. An...

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Tel: +44 (0) 1235 56 7480

Administration & Management Communications

Matt Spink

Senior Support Scientist - Focused Ion Beam
ePSIC / eBIC

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1235 778332

James Gilchrist

Senior Electron Microscope Scientist at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

James joined eBIC in October 2017.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 7384 249 155

FIBSEM: Cryo Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy Cryo-EM: Cryo Electron Microscopy

Parijat Majumder

Senior Electron Microscope Scientist at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Parijat joined eBIC in October 2023.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 39 4079

Kyle Dent

Senior Electron Microscope Scientist at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Kyle joined eBIC in May 2024.

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David Owen

Senior Electron Microscope Scientist at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

David joined eBIC in August 2020.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 56 7521

Vinod Vogirala

Electron Microscope Scientist at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Vinod joined eBIC in November 2019.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 77 8007

Peter Harrison

Electron Microscope Scientist at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Peter is an electron microscopy scientist working between the MPL and eBIC.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778894

David Farmer

Electron Microscope Scientist at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

David joined eBIC in October 2020.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 39 4081

Eilis Bragginton

Electron Microscope Scientist at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Eilis joined eBIC in August 2022.

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Lorna Malone

Electron Microscope Scientist & Training Coordinator at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Lorna joined eBIC in January 2022.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 39 4182

Emma Buzzard

Electron Microscope Scientist at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Emma joined eBIC in June 2024.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 77 8553

Weng Ng

Wellcome Early Career Award Fellow

Weng joined eBIC in September 2023.

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Kyprianos Hadjidemetriou

UKRI Guarantee Postdoctoral Fellow (2023 -2025)

Kyprianos joined the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC) in January 2022 as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) on Bact...

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Olivia Oung

PDRA at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Olivia joined eBIC in
October 2022.

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Tel: -

Cedric Vallee

PDRA at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Cedric joined eBIC in October 2023.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 77 8234

Yakun Tang

PDRA at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Yakun joined eBIC in November 2023.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 39 4091

Sam Clark

PDRA at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Sam joined eBIC in January 2024.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1235 39 4183

Liam Mead

PDRA at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Liam joined eBIC in January 2024.

Email: [email protected]
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Gangshun Yi

PDRA at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Gangshun joined eBIC in May 2024.

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Cecile Fort

PDRA at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Cecile joined eBIC in July 2024.

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Dora Yu

PDRA at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Dora joined eBIC in October 2024.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 77 8991

Suwimon Boonrungsiman

PDRA at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Suwimon joined eBIC in October 2024.

Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 1235 77 8337

Thomas Frosio

PDRA at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC)

Thomas joined eBIC in March 2025.

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Mateusz Olek

Former Ph.D. student Mateusz joined the eBIC team in April 2019 as a joint student between York University and Diamond, and has now completed his Ph.D.

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Audrey Lai

Former Ph.D. student Audrey has successfully obtained her Oxford BBSRC-DTP joint Ph.D. between Oxford University-Pirbright-Diamond (October 2018-2023).

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Frederick Hawkings

Former Ph.D. student Fred joined eBIC from Sheffield University in July 2021 and has now completed his Ph.D.

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Emily Lacey

Emily is a joint Ph.D. student between Oxford University-Pirbright-Diamond, and joined eBIC in January 2022.

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Patrick Phillips

Former Ph.D. student Patrick joined the eBIC team in September 2022 as a joint student between Oxford University-Pirbright-Diamond.

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Kallinikos Chalvatzis

Kallinikos is a joint Ph.D. student and started his project in October 2022.

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Sam Holland

Sam is a Ph.D. student and started his project in October 2022.

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Ines Zouhair

Ines joined eBIC as a Ph.D. student in January 2023.

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Miles Graham

Miles joined eBIC as a Ph.D. student in May 2023.

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Erin Maughan

Erin is a joint Ph.D. student and started her project in October 2023.

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Aron Czako

Aron is a Ph.D. student and started his project in October 2023.

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Charlotte Meller

Charlotte is a Ph.D. student and started her project in October 2023.

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Tereza Vecerkova

Tereza is a joint Ph.D. student between MPL and Diamond and joined eBIC in October 2024.

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Pao Pipatpadungsin

Pao is a joint Ph.D. student between Oxford University and Diamond and joined the team in October 2024.

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Daniel Hatton

Senior Software Engineer (cryo-EM) with Diamond's Life Sciences Division, Scientific Software. Dan has been working with eBIC, providing Data Analysis support since F...

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Stephen Riggs

Data Analysis Scientist with Diamond's Life Sciences Division, Scientific Software. Stephen has been working with eBIC, providing Data Analysis support since January ...

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Eu Pin Tien

Data Analysis Scientist (cryo-EM) with Diamond's Life Science Division, Scientific Software. Eu Pin has been working with eBIC, providing data analysis support since March...

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Val Redchenko

Fragment Screen Software Engineer with Diamond's Life Sciences Division, Scientific Software. Val has been working with eBIC, providing Software support since October...

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