Simon Thompson Bio
I gained my BSc in Biomedical Science from studying at King's College London and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden in 2014. Following work as a research technician in the field of immunology I pursued an interest in neuroscience by completing a PhD under Dr Andrew Murray at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL, developing the tracing technique REACH (Rabies Engineered Anterograde Connectomics using HSV-1).
My research interests lie in pushing the boundaries of viral tools to unravel the intricacies of the neural connectome. By employing innovative techniques, I aim to provide novel insights into the countless unknown facets that underlie the neural functions shaping our lived experiences.
Outside of the lab I can regularly be found cycling in the rain, cooking with too much garlic and coming second in pub quizzes.
We were very lucky to have Simon at the conception of the Harris Lab. He already had a post-doc position in place at MIT, but spent a few months with us before his move, playing an integral role in getting the lab up and running, building things he’d never worked with before, and instantiating some organisational regimes that we are trying hard to stick to in his absence!