Dr Buffy Eldridge-Thomas
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Early Career Award
- Center for Inflammation Research, Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Contact details
- Email: beldridg@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Centre for Inflammation Research
Institute for Regeneration and Repair
Edinburgh BioQuarter
4 Little France Drive - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH16 4UU
Background
Buffy completed her undergraduate studies in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge. She then spent two years working in science communication and public engagement at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Subsequently, Buffy joined the Wellcome Trust Developmental Mechanisms PhD programme at the University of Cambridge, undertaking her PhD research in the Kolahgar Lab where she investigated the roles of basement membrane-associated proteins in the intestinal epithelium. Buffy is now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Wood Lab, part of the Edinburgh Cell Death Collective. Her research uses live in vivo imaging of developing fruit fly tissues to uncover how non-immune cells engulf apoptotic corpses, and in 2025 she was awarded the Wellcome Trust Early Career Award to pursue this work.
Alongside, Buffy has been extensively involved in higher education teaching. From 2017-2025, Buffy held the position of Bye-Fellow in Writing Skills at Downing College, University of Cambridge, where she provided academic skills support to undergraduate students studying a range of biological science subjects. Buffy also delivered group teaching for the University of Cambridge’s Natural Sciences undergraduate degree course and has been an assessor for Natural Sciences Tripos exams. Additionally, Buffy has developed and delivered original lectures and assessments for the University of Cambridge’s Professional and Continuing Education Pre-Medical Studies course (Level 4). Buffy is committed to supporting learners’ skills development and currently assists with the University of Edinburgh School of Biological Sciences reflective portfolios.
Qualifications
2024 - PhD, University of Cambridge
2019 - MPhil, Developmental Mechanisms, University of Cambridge
2016 - BA, Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
Responsibilities & affiliations
2022 - present - Panel Tutor, Pre-Medical Studies course, Professional and Continuing Education, University of Cambridge
2017 - 2025 - Bye-Fellow in Writing Skills, Downing College, University of Cambridge
Eldridge-Thomas, B. L., Bohere, J. G., Roubinet, C., Barthelemy, A., Samuels, T. J., Teixeira, F. K., & Kolahgar, G. (2025). The transmembrane protein Syndecan is required for stem cell survival and maintenance of their nuclear properties. PLOS Genetics. 21(2), e10115868. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011586
Bohere, J., Eldridge-Thomas, B. L., & Kolahgar, G. (2022). Vinculin recruitment to α-catenin halts the differentiation and maturation of enterocyte progenitors to maintain homeostasis of the Drosophila intestine. eLife, 11, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72836
Bloomfield, M., Eldridge-Thomas, B., Iqbal, A., Mackinlay, K., Mahadevegowda, A., Ollard, I., Pearce-Higgins, R., & Smith, A. (2022). Proposal for a Cambridgeshire Carbon Advisory Service and Strategic Business Case for a Cambridgeshire Decarbonisation Fund: Executive Summary. Apollo Repository. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.86144
Carden, S., Eldridge-Thomas, B., Davies, B., Bücker, C., Comfort, H., Ajadi, S., Coffey, C., De Fauconberg, A., Hourihane, A., Klein, B., et al. (2021). Achieving Net Zero within the NHS: System-wide transition to greener, sustainable care. Apollo Repository.https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.82738
Eldridge-Thomas, B. & Rubin, G. J. (2013) Idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields: a content analysis of British newspaper reports. PLoS One. 8, e65713. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065713