Natalie Jooss

I am a postdoctoral scientist in the Psaila Lab and support programme management across the Psaila and Mead laboratories.

Trained as a platelet biologist, I completed a joint double PhD degree at Maastricht University and the University of Birmingham through a Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) in 2022. Following this, I joined the University of Oxford as a postdoctoral scientist investigating a group of rare blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs).

My research focuses on the role of Galectin-1 within the bone marrow niche and circulating platelets in MPNs.

In particular, my work explores:

i) the contribution of Galectin-1 to the prothrombotic phenotype observed in MPN patients, and
ii) its impact on the bone marrow microenvironment, particularly in relation to megakaryocytes, mast cells, and basophils.

In addition to my research activities, I am involved in programme coordination and oversee broader laboratory management.