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Staff Profile

Ben Wetherall

Research Associate

  • Personal Website: https://wthrll.com
  • Address: Newcastle University Biosciences Institute
    Catherine Cookson Building
    Faculty of Medical Sciences
    Newcastle University
    Framlington Place
    NE2 4HH
Background

I am a research associate working in the lab of Dr Suzanne Madgwick. I undertook a PhD in molecular genetics at Newcastle, and now my work focuses on the control (or lack thereof) of chromosome alignment and segregation during Meiosis I in oocytes. Much of my work is developing and implementing new imaging technologies, techniques and analysis pipelines to acheive this goal.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Wetherall B, Bulmer D, Sarginson A, Thomas C, Madgwick S. SGO2 does not play an essential role in separase inhibition during meiosis I in mouse oocytes. PLOS Biology 2025.
    • Simpson EL, Wetherall B, Byrska A, Cheeseman LP, Mendonca T, Xing X, Beckett AJ, Maiato H, Sarginson A, Prior IA, Hartshorne GM, McAinsh AD, Madgwick S, Booth DG. The Chromosome Periphery is an Essential Compartment of Oocyte Chromosomes. BioRxiv 2024. Submitted.
    • Prathalingam N, Hyslop L, Cole M, Cooney D, Driver A, Herbert M, Hodgson R, Choudhary M, Wetherall B, Shivhare S, Richardson J, Smith T, Stewart J, Murdoch A. Developing a novel device, Eggcell, to improve temperature stability during oocyte collection for IVF. Reproductive Biomedicine Online 2022, 45(6).
    • Thomas C, Wetherall B, Levasseur MD, Harris RJ, Kerridge ST, Higgins JMG, Davies OR, Madgwick S. A prometaphase mechanism of securin destruction is essential for meiotic progression in mouse oocytes. Nature Communications 2021, 12(1), 4322.