Mary-Ellen leads the Cambridge–Oxford BioMind Laboratory, which investigates the brain–immune interface in psychiatric illness.
We use translational approaches that integrate bioinformatics and wet-lab methods to uncover mechanisms, biomarkers, and therapeutic targets. Our work spans immunogenetics, immunophenotyping, and high-throughput functional genomics, including single-cell and proteomic technologies applied to blood samples from patient cohorts and population studies. A particular focus is on understanding how psychiatric risk variants contribute to immunopathogenesis.
We offer a collaborative, interdisciplinary team environment at the intersection of neuroscience, immunology, and genetics, with opportunities to build expertise in cutting-edge computational and experimental methods while advancing understanding of psychiatric disease mechanisms. CONACYT scholars and Chinese Scholarship Council students are encouraged to apply.
