Experience

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• MRC/CASE PhD Candidate, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Recipient of a Medical Research Council Industrial Collaborative Award in Science and Engineering (CASE) studentship, based within the Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics. I combine laboratory-based experimental microbiology and core molecular biology, with next-generation sequencing and subsequent bioinformatic analyses to investigate the genomic basis of antimicrobial resistance in priority pathogens of the Enterobacteriaceae family. Recipient of a Medical Research Council Industrial Collaborative Award in Science and Engineering (CASE) studentship, based within the Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics. I combine laboratory-based experimental microbiology and core molecular biology, with next-generation sequencing and subsequent bioinformatic analyses to investigate the genomic basis of antimicrobial resistance in priority pathogens of the Enterobacteriaceae family.



London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

  In this role, I investigated population level immunity to pandemic strains of norovirus. This was within the Wellcome Trust-funded NOROPATROL research project, which aims to understand the virus and human population-associated factors that underlie the evolution and transmission of pandemic strains. I undertook bespoke immunological assays (ELISAs) to determine the level of immunity in the UK population to norovirus, and how this population immunity changes over time. I also supported other aspects of the project, such as data management and analysis, and the management of clinical samples. Show less

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2019 - Sep 2020

  April 2020-Sept2020: Evaluation and optimisation of novel diagnostics for COVID-19 with the Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics. Sept 2019-April 2020: Lead lab investigator for a drug discovery project, aimed at identifying novel antimicrobial proteins derived from snake venom. In addition, I have undertaken project work investigating bacterial evolution and the molecular mechanisms which underpin the acquisition of resistance genes and induce antimicrobial drug resistance. April 2020-Sept2020: Evaluation and optimisation of novel diagnostics for COVID-19 with the Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics. Sept 2019-April 2020: Lead lab investigator for a drug discovery project, aimed at identifying novel antimicrobial proteins derived from snake venom. In addition, I have undertaken project work investigating bacterial evolution and the molecular mechanisms which underpin the acquisition of resistance genes and induce antimicrobial drug resistance.