Staff Profile

Current Position

October 2021 - Present - Laboratory Technical Specialist, NHS Mitochondrial Diagnostic Service, Mitochondrial Research Group

January 2021 - October 2021 - Laboratory Technician, Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research

Qualifications

2017 - MRes Medical Genetics, Newcastle University

2016 - BSc (Hons) Applied Biology, Northumbria University

• Articles

  • Buhl E, Garg S, Monaghan M, Preston A, Likeman M, Dare J, Evans J, Taylor LS, Berry I, Urankar K, Spry PGD, Williams C, Taylor RW, Alston CL, Hodge JJL, Majumdar A. Infantile Cerebellar-Retinal Degeneration Associated With Novel ACO2 Variants: Clinical Features and Insights From a Drosophila Model. Clinical Genetics 2025, Epub ahead of print.
  • Tang JX, Cabrera-Orefice A, Meisterknecht J, Taylor LS, Monteuuis G, Stensland ME, Szczepanek A, Stals K, Davison J, He L, Hopton S, Nyman TA, Jackson CB, Pyle A, Winter M, Wittig I, Taylor RW. COA5 has an essential role in the early stage of mitochondrial complex IV assembly. Life Science Alliance 2025, 8(3), e202403013.
  • Correia SP, Moedas MF, Taylor LS, Naess K, Lim AZ, McFarland R, Kazior Z, Rumyantseva A, Wibom R, Engvall M, Bruhn H, Lesko N, Vegvari A, Kall L, Trost M, Alston CL, Freyer C, Taylor RW, Wedell A, Wredenberg A. Quantitative proteomics of patient fibroblasts reveal biomarkers and diagnostic signatures of mitochondrial disease. JCI Insight 2024, 9(20), e178645.
  • Alston CL, Veling MT, Heidler J, Taylor LS, Alaimo JT, Sung AY, He L, Hopton S, Broomfield A, Pavaine J, Diaz J, Leon E, Wolf P, McFarland R, Prokisch H, Wortmann SB, Bonnen PE, Wittig I, Pagliarini DJ, Taylor RW. Pathogenic Bi-allelic Mutations in NDUFAF8 Cause Leigh Syndrome with an Isolated Complex I Deficiency. American Journal of Human Genetics 2020, 106(1), 92-101.
  • Alston CL, Heidler J, Dibley MG, Kremer LS, Taylor LS, Fratter C, French CE, Glasgow RIC, Feichtinger RG, Delon I, Pagnamenta AT, Dolling H, Lemonde H, Aiton N, Bjornstad A, Henneke L, Gartner J, Thiele H, Tauchmannova K, Quaghebeur G, Houstek J, Sperl W, Raymond FL, Prokisch H, Mayr JA, McFarland R, Poulton J, Ryan MT, Wittig I, Henneke M, Taylor RW. Bi-allelic Mutations in NDUFA6 Establish Its Role in Early-Onset Isolated Mitochondrial Complex I Deficiency. American Journal of Human Genetics 2018, 103(4), 592-601.