Andrew Lin

Vice Chancellor’s Fellow - Department of Biomedical Science

Profile

Dr Andrew Lin has been Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Science since 2015 when he was awarded a five-year European Research Council Starting Grant. From a young age Andrew had his sights set on a career in academic research, pursuing his passion for neurobiology. Following his PhD at the University of Cambridge, he took a slightly different direction with his postdoc to expose himself to a wider range of techniques, questions and approaches.

University of Sheffield staff profile

“Don't be afraid to make mistakes and even to fail because you’ll learn important lessons from that and it will help you in the future.”

Career timeline

2001

First author paper
Lin, A.C., Nightingale, R.W., Tarbell, T.D. (2001). Diffraction pattern analysis of bright TRACE flares. Solar Physics, 198, 385-398.

2004

A.B. in Neurobiology, summa cum laude, Harvard University.

2004-2005

Awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship.

2005-2007

Awarded Overseas Research Student Award.

2005–2008

Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

2006

Second author paper
Leung, K.M., van Horck, F.P.G., Lin, A.C., Allison, R., Standart, N., Holt, C.E. (2006). Asymmetrical β-actin mRNA translation in growth cones mediates attractive turning to netrin-1. Nature Neuroscience, 9, 1247-56.

2006-2007

Tutorials on neurobiology (weekly discussion sections), University of Cambridge.

2007

First author paper
Lin, A.C., Holt, C.E. (2007). Local translation and directional steering in axons. EMBO Journal, 26, 3729-36.

2008

2009

2009-2013

Awarded Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship (£250,000 over four years).

2009–2015

Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow University of Oxford, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour.

2010

Taught tutorials on learning and memory, University of Oxford.

2013

2013-2015

Awarded James Martin Fellow at Oxford Martin School.

2014

2014-2015

Examination marking, University of Oxford.

2015

2015-2020

Awarded European Research Council, Starting Grant, ‘Homeostatic balancing of excitation and inhibition in vivo’ (€1,500,000 over five years).

2015 to present

Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow (group leader), the University of Sheffield, Department of Biomedical Science.