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Professor Folma Buss

Fellow

Professor Folma Buss

Fellow
Professor in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry

Folma Buss is a Professor in Molecular and Cellular Biology in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry and the Director of Post Graduate Studies at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research. She received her PhD in 1992 from the University of Bielefeld, Germany on studies into the regulation of actin filament dynamics. She did her postdoctoral training at the MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology and at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry. In 2003 she was awarded a Welcome Trust Senior Fellowship and became a group leader at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research. Folma’s research is focused on understanding of the crucial roles played by myosin motor proteins in membrane trafficking and how these proteins are linked to pathological disorders such as cancer, inflammation and neurodegeneration.

Dr Sean Butler

Emeritus Fellow

Dr Sean Butler

Emeritus Fellow

My main field of research is animal rights law.

Dr Sean Butler studied Law at Oxford (St Edmund Hall) and the LSE, London, as well as Genetics at Cambridge (CPGS) before taking his PhD in social science at Imperial College, London. He supervises Roman Law and lectures Animal Rights Law in the Law Faculty, and is Co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law (https://animalrightslaw.org/).

Academic Profile

Dr Sami Everett

Research Fellow

Dr Sami Everett

Research Fellow
Research Fellow at FAMES.

Samuel Sami Everett, who goes by Sami, is a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He holds a PhD in Politics from SOAS, University of London and a BA in North African Language and Culture from INALCO, Paris. His research focuses on the historical-colonial and spatial-political dimensions of interreligious Jewish-Muslim identification to North Africa.

Catherine Dobson

Fellow

Catherine Dobson

Fellow
Barrister, Supervisor in Constitutional Law at Faculty of Law, Cambridge

Catherine Dobson read Law at Jesus College, Cambridge, where she was an Exhibitioner and Scholar. During her degree, Catherine spent a year studying at the University of Poitiers, France, obtaining a Diploma in French law. She subsequently read for the BCL at Lincoln College, Oxford. Catherine is a qualified barrister and practises at 39 Essex Street Chambers in London. Before becoming a barrister, Catherine worked at the International Criminal Court. She is currently taking a sabbatical from practice to clerk for Lord Clarke at the UK Supreme Court. Catherine supervises Constitutional Law.

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Dr Fernando Constantino-Casas

Fellow

Dr Fernando Constantino-Casas

Fellow

My research includes Veterinary Pathology, Oncology, hepatitis and pancreatitis in dogs and cats, infectious diseases in animals, and syringomyelia in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. I have supervised 15 undergraduate theses, 8 master theses, and 5 doctorate theses.

Fernando Constantino-Casas graduated with a Bachelor degree in Veterinary Medicine from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1985. He was awarded a PhD degree from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1991. Fernando was head of the Department of Pathology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FMVZ) in Mexico City from 2001 to 2006. He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK in 2007 and as University Pathologist in the same institution in March 2014. Fernando is a member of the Mexican Society of Veterinary Pathologists and the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath), Specialist in Veterinary Pathology (small species) – Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). Fernando is a Fellow Class A and tutor at St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, UK.

Publications

  • Rad R, Strong A, Varela I, Kriegl L, Fraga MF, Calvanese V, Saur D, Price S, McDermott U, Eser S, Constantin-Casas F, Kirchner T, Yusa K, Grove C, Seidler B, Schmid RM. A genetic progression model of BrafV600E-induced intestinal tumourigenesis reveals targets for therapeutic intervention. Cancer Cell. 2013; 24, 1-15, July 8.
  • Rad R, Rad L, Wang W, Strong A, Ponstingl H, Bronner IF, Mayho M, Steiger K, Weber J, Hieber M, Veltkamp C, Eser S, Geumann U, Ollinger R, Zukowska M, Barenboim M, Maresch R, Caldinanos J, Friedrich M, Varela I, Constantino-Casas F, Sarver A, Hoeve JT, Prosser H, et al. A conditional PiggyBac transposition system for genetic screening in mice identifies oncogenic networks in pancreatic cancer. Nature Genetics. 2015; 47:1; 47-56.
  • Prevalence of pancreatic, hepatic and renal microscopic lesions in post-mortem samples from cavalier King Charles spaniels. J Small Anim Pract. 2016;57(4):188-193.
  • Coddou MF, Constantino-Casas F, Scase T, Day MJ, Blacklaws, Watson PJ. Chronic inflammatory disease in the pancreas, kidney and salivary glands of English cocker spaniels and dogs of other breeds shows similar histological features to human IgG4-related disease. J Comp Pathol. 2020; 177:18-33.
  • Nivy, Constantino-Casas et al. Copper-associated hepatitis in CKCS. Veterinary Record. 2023:e3651.

Awards & Recognitions

  • Specialist in Veterinary Pathology (Small Domestic Animal), Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS).
  • Associate Fellow (Associate Fellowship Higher Education Academy - AFHEA).

Dr Barry Colfer

Fellow

Dr Barry Colfer

Fellow
Research Fellow
Dr Barry Colfer has been elected a Research Fellow from 1 October 2020.  Barry’s research interests include the politics of European integration, industrial relations and the future of work. While at St Edmund’s, Barry will be carrying out research into the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU for Ireland. Barry was awarded his PhD from the department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge in 2018, and has held postdoctoral fellowships at the European Studies Centre at the University of Oxford (2018-2019) and at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University (2019-2020). Barry previously worked at both Dáil Éireann (the Irish parliament) and at the European Parliament and for a range of leading think-tanks.

Catherine Arnold

Honorary Fellow

Catherine Arnold

Honorary Fellow
Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College
Catherine Arnold was elected as the 15th Master of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge in 2019. She served a term of five years, which ended in 2024.

Catherine has had a distinguished international career in the diplomatic service and joins the College from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. As Ambassador to Mongolia until February 2018, Catherine championed stronger economic, political, cultural and educational links with the UK. She particularly enjoyed working with young adults and was regularly asked to speak to leadership and personal development programmes. Catherine was awarded an OBE for services to British foreign policy in the 2019 New Year Honours.

Her FCO career has also seen her serve in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Oman. She has led on a range of issues including human rights, counter terrorism, trade, and public affairs, most recently leading the successful UK campaign to secure the nomination to host the COP26 climate conference in 2020. Prior to joining the FCO, Catherine was a journalist and travel writer in the Middle East. Her career started with leading global management consulting firm, Oliver Wyman.

Born in South Korea, she was then schooled in Asia & the UK before coming to Cambridge as a student. She studied as an undergraduate and for an MPhil at Trinity College, where she was a Research, Senior, and Choral scholar. She also holds an MA in Religious Conflict from the University of Nottingham and has attended the Higher Command & Staff Course at the UK Defence Academy.

On her election, Catherine said: 'I am delighted to be returning to Cambridge and to joining St Edmund's College. I have already been struck by the warmth of the community and the welcoming environment that has made St Edmund's one of the most international colleges in Cambridge. This is an exciting time for St Edmund's, with the opening of the Mount Pleasant Halls in time for Michaelmas Term. I look forward to working with the whole college community to foster and promote inclusion, support and excellence at St Edmund’s, as we take the College to the next stage in its development.'

Gordon Chesterman

Emeritus Fellow

Gordon Chesterman

Emeritus Fellow
Emeritus Fellow 
Gordon began his career in personnel, training and recruitment as a graduate trainee for a multinational company and then a major financial services firm as their graduate recruitment manager. After a period with a small publishing company in Cambridge, he joined the Careers Service in 1995 and was appointed Director in 2002, retiring in 2019. In 2013 Gordon was elected a Fellow of St Edmund's College. Gordon was also the University's Senior Proctor and now volunteers within the historic printing department in the University Library. His interests include letterpress printing and oil painting, with his work often appearing in public exhibitions - and as his self-portrait on this webpage.

Dr Robin Chatterjee

Fellow

Dr Robin Chatterjee

Fellow
Fellow in Accounting, Judge Business School

Robin Chatterjee joined the Judge Institute of Management Studies as a University Lecturer in Accounting, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Price Waterhouse in London (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Prior to joining Price Waterhouse he conducted post-doctoral work in the Economics Faculty, having earlier completed a PhD on 'Takeover and Company Performance', also at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge. Robin initially came up to Magdalene College, Cambridge in October 1990 to read for an MPhil degree in Finance, having graduated in Mathematics and Management Studies from King's College, London.

Professor Edwin Chilvers

Fellow

Professor Edwin Chilvers

Fellow

Professor Edwin Chilvers [FRCP, FMedSci, ScD] graduated from Nottingham University Medical School and after Junior medical posts in London started specialist training in Respiratory Medicine at Hammersmith Hospital. This was followed by an MRC Clinical Training Fellowship to work with Professor Steve Nahorski in University of Leicester, studying inositol phospholipid metabolism in airways smooth muscle. He was then appointed Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at Edinburgh University, working with Professor Chris Haslett, and thereafter to a Wellcome Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science, Reader in Medicine at Edinburgh, and Hon Consultant Physician at the Royal Infirmary Hospital.

During this he developed his research interest in inflammatory cell biology, in particular the intracellular signals that regulate the activation and survival of white blood cells (neutrophils and eosinophils). This has translational relevance to a range of inflammatory lung diseases including COPD, asthma, and acute lung injury.

Professor Chilvers was Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Cambridge from 1998-2018 prior to his appointment as Professor of Medicine and Head, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London 2018-2023 (now Emeritus Professor of Medicine). He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2007 and President of the British Thoracic Society in December 2016.

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