| 1977 - 1980 | Beit Memorial Fellow, University College London. |
| 1980 - 1982 | Fellow of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. |
| 1982 - 1983 | Research Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. |
| 1983 - 2001 | MRC Scientific Staff, (Senior Staff since 1990), NIMR, London, U.K. |
| March 2001-Present | Professor of Physiological Sciences, Imperial College London. |
| since August 2007 | Head of Molecular Medicine Section in NHLI, Faculty of Medicine |
| 2005-2009 | Member of MRC College of Experts |
| 2007-2009 | President, European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA) |
| 2002-2009 | Editor, Journal of Physiology |
| 1984-2007 | Committee Member, British Biophysical Society |
| 2002-2007 | Theme leader for Year 1/ Year 2 Undergraduate Medicine Course: 'Molecules Cells and Disease'
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| 2006-2007 | Head of Biological Nanoscience Section in the National Heart and Lung Institute,
Faculty of Medicine |
| 2005-2006 | Head of Biological Nanoscience Section in the Biomedical Sciences Division,
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London. |
| 2005-2007 | Vice-President, European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA) |
| 14-18 July 2007 | Chairman of the Organising Committee, 2007 European Biophysics Congress, Imperial College London. |
| January 2005 | Independent expert. Sixth Framework Programme of the European Community. Research Training Networks. |
| April 2002 | Membre du comité d'évaluation CNRS de l'UPR 4301 - Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire in Orleans |
| 1997-2003 | EBSA Honorary Treasurer |
| 1997-2005 | Member of the Advisory Board, Medical Research Council |
| 1995 | Member of the Biological Selection Panel, CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory and
Member of the Beam Allocation Panel |
| 1995 | Member of the CCP13 Committee (EPSRC Collaborative Computing Project 13) |
| WT091460MA - Wellcome Trust-NIH studentship awarded to Christopher Toepfer from October 2010, for 4 years, in collaboration with Dr. Jim Sellers, NIH."Investigation of the role of myosin light chain phosphorylation on the stress response of the heart using permeabilised trabeculae and single myosin molecules."
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| Royal Society: Newton International Fellowship awarded to Dr. Valentina Caorsi. Myosin head movement in contracting muscle fibres detected by Forster
Resonance Energy Transfer. £98,000. January 1, 2009 for 24 months
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| BHF: With Professors Steve Marston, Nancy Curtin, and Nick Wells RG/08/010/25918 Molecular Mechanisms of contractile dysfunction in cardiac muscle hypertrophy and failure £636,991. September 5, 2008 for 36 months
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| BBSRC: With Professor Paul French and Dr. Mark Neil BB/E021573/1 Muscle cross-bridge mechanism investigated by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy of myosin essential light chain
£544,441 (indexed FEC). July 1, 2007 for 36 months |
| MRC Milstein Fund: With Professor Paul French and Dr. Mark Neil G0601747 Strain-sensitivity of muscle fibre cross-bridges investigated by fluorescence life-time imaging microscopy £372,882. February 1, 2007 for 36 months |
| British Heart Foundation: Applicant: Prof. Steven Marston; Co-applicants: Prof. Dominic Wells, Prof. Sian E. Harding, Prof. M.A. Ferenczi. PG/06/025/20396. Development and functional investigation of transgenic mouse models of dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. £267,921 01/04/06-31/03/09 |
| MRC: Sole Principal applicant G0501704 The tuning mechanism of the molecular engines in muscle. £815,760 (FEC) 7/01/07-31/12/09 |
| Wellcome Trust GR077190MA: Co-applicant with Prof. R.C. Woledge. Principal applicant: Dr. N.A. Curtin. 'How muscles work: a new look at energy conversion and ATP turnover during filament sliding'. £285,421. August 1, 2006 for 36 months. |
| BBSRC: Oxford Bionanotechnology IRC - 2003-2007 - £205,022 |
| MRC: Sole Principal applicant G0100150 Towards a molecular understanding of energy transduction in muscle. Programme grant. £821,862 1 December 2001- 30 November 2006. |
| BBSRC: Principal Investigator: REI20560 Multiuser TIRF microscopy setup for realtime cellular and molecular imaging. £66,796 01/10/2003 - 01/10/2004 (Equipment grant only) |
| Wellcome Trust: Co-applicant with Prof. R.C. Woledge. Principal applicant Dr. N.A. Curtin. Energy conversion during contraction: a new look at ATP use by muscle fibres. £130,530 over four years, starting November 1999. 10% time. Grant No. 056162 |
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| INTAS: Changes in molecular structure underlying muscle contraction €56,000 from 1 October 1998 for 36 months collaborative programme (Dr. A. Tsaturyan, Moscow State University and Dr. S. Bershitsky, Urals branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg).
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| NIH: Joint investigator in grant 'Mechanisms in vascular smooth muscle' with D.R. Trentham, J.E.T. Corrie, M.R. Webb. Principal investigator Professor A.V. Somlyo (NIH Programme Project. This section of the 5-year grant (£42,000 p.a.) is to support a post doctoral worker and consumables in the laboratory of Dr. J.E.T. Corrie at NIMR.
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| EU: Dr. M.A. Ferenczi, together with Drs. D. R.Trentham, M. Anson, J.E.T. Corrie and M.R. Webb (Overall co-ordinator, M.R. Webb) form part of a research training network involving 11 European laboratories to support 10 post-doctoral positions of 2 to 3 years and workshops. NIMR budget: £38,000 p.a.
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| NATO: Collaborative Linkage Grant - Ref. 977819. Study of structural basis of muscle contraction with X-ray diffraction on muscle fibres using synchrotron radiation $38,500; 2001-2002; with Drs. Bershitsky and Tsaturyan.
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