Date: January 2005 - September 2010

Current Position: Research Scientist, Randox Laboratories Ltd., Belfast, United Kingdom

Publications Generated While in the Lab:

Richardson, C. and Alessi, D. R. (2008). The regulation of salt transport and blood pressure by the WNK-SPAK/OSR1 signalling pathway. J Cell Sci. 121, pp. 3293-304

Richardson, C., Rafiqi, F. H., Karlsson, H. K., Moleleki, N., Vandewalle, A., Campbell, D. G., Morrice, N. A. and Alessi, D. R. (2008). Activation of the thiazide-sensitive Na+-Cl- cotransporter by the WNK-regulated kinases SPAK and OSR1. J Cell Sci. 121, pp. 675-84

San-Cristobal, P., Pacheco-Alvarez, D., Richardson, C., Ring, A. M., Vazquez, N., Rafiqi, F. H., Chari, D., Kahle, K. T., Leng, Q., Bobadilla, N. A., Hebert, S. C., Alessi, D. R., Lifton, R. P. and Gamba, G. (2009). Angiotensin II signaling increases activity of the renal Na-Cl cotransporter through a WNK4-SPAK-dependent pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106, pp. 4384-9

Rafiqi, F. H., Zuber, A. M., Glover, M., Richardson, C., Fleming, S., Jovanovic, S., Jovanovic, A., O'Shaughnessy, K. M. and Alessi, D. R. (2010). Role of the WNK-activated SPAK kinase in regulating blood pressure. EMBO Mol Med. 2, pp. 63-75

Richardson C, Sakamoto K, de los Heros P, Deak M, Campbell DG, Prescott AR, Alessi DR. (2011) Regulation of the NKCC2 ion cotransporter by SPAK-OSR1-dependent and -independent pathways. J Cell Sci. 2011 Mar 1;124(Pt 5):789-800