Niemann-Pick Disease: investigating the roles of TMEM16A and NPC1 protein
Tibyan is a student starting in the 2025/2026 academic year who is investigating the interplay between the vascular TMEM16A ,a calcium-activated chloride channel and the NPC1 protein, as well as the role of TMEM16A overactivation in cerebrovascular impairment associated with NPC disease. Her project is a collaboration between Prof. Paolo Tammaro and Prof. Fran Platt, in partnership with Autifony Therapeutics, and is funded through the iCASE-MRC-DTP studentship.
Tibyan holds a First-Class Honors degree in Pharmacy (BA, 2020) from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Khartoum, where she later served as a Teaching Assistant. Tibyan then completed an MSc in Pharmacology (Distinction, 2024) at the University of Oxford, funded by the MasterCard Foundation–Africa Oxford Initiative Scholarship (AfOx).