Anna-Maria Papameletiou
Anna-Maria joined our team in November 2022 to undertake a Masters project with us where she focused on developing convolutional neural network models that enhance our understanding of how piRNA precursor sequences contribute to piRNA biogenesis. She then started a PhD in the piRNA team, jointly supervised by Susanne, where she is studying the evolution of LTR retrotransposons across drosophilid species.
Biography
Anna-Maria holds a BA in Biochemistry and an MSci in Systems Biology from the University of Cambridge, and is currently a PhD student at the CRUK Cambridge Institute.
Research positions
PhD student (Oct 2023 - now)
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
MSci project student (Nov 2022 - May 2023)
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
BA project student (Jan 2022 - March 2022)
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
Qualifications
- MSci in Natural Sciences (Systems Biology), University of Cambridge, UK
- BA in Natural Sciences (Biochemistry), University of Cambridge, UK
Honours and awards
- Charles Slater Fund travel award to attend the CSHL TE conference 2026 (Jul 2026)
Professional activities
- Co-organising the monthly Cambridge AI Club for Biomedicine that was launched in February 2023.
Key publications
- Papameletiou A-M, Czech Nicholson B§, Bornelöv S§ and Hannon GJ (2026) Lifestyles of Gypsy-family transposons shape their regulatory mechanisms, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123 (33) e2617602123 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2617602123
- Alizada A#, Martins A#, Mouniée N#, Rodriguez Suarez JV#, Bertin B, Gueguen N, Mirouse V, Papameletiou A-M, Rivera AJ, Lau NC, Akkouche A, Maupetit-Méhouas S, Hannon GJ§, Czech Nicholson B§, Brasset E§ (2025) Cell Reports 44 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115453