Scientist I

• Feb 2023 - Present

Onboarding Specialist

• Sep 2022 - Feb 2023

Postdoctoral Researcher

• Feb 2022 - Sep 2022

Researching a gene therapy for Spastic Paraplegia Type 47, a childhood neurodegenerative disorder. Techniques used: Histology, cryosectioning, paraffin embedded sectioning, immunostaining of tissue, AAV mediated gene delivery in vivo.

MRC DiMeN PhD student

• Oct 2017 - Jan 2022

PhD student funded by the MRC Discovery Medicine North DTP. I am based at the Sheffield Institute of Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) at the University of Sheffield working in the Azzouz lab. Project: Investigating the role of the RNA exporter protein Gle1 in motor neuron diseases.Supervisors: Prof. Mimoun Azzouz, Dr. Guillaume Hautbergue, Dr. Laura FerraiuoloTechniques used: Cell culture, western blotting, immunocytochemistry, molecular biology, confocal microscopy, image analysis, PCR, qPCR, viral production (lentivirus and AAV) and validation. Teaching:- Have experience teaching and supervising undergraduates and placement students. - Demonstrated on neuroanatomy course to MSc students.Outreach: - Volunteered at outreach events in local primary schools and MRC festival of science, engaged with and communicated science to children of school age and their parents. - Helped deliver Department Open Days communicating with patients and their families.- Taken part in the Annual Soak-A-Scientist event for the Motor Neuron Disease Association (MNDA), a charity event to help raise funds for the local branch.- One of the top participants of ‘I’m A Scientist Stay at Home’ online engagement with school children (KS2-KS5) during the COVID-19 pandemic.- Event manager for Pint of Science 2020 (unfortunately cancelled due to COVID) and Pint of Science 2022North East Postgraduate Conference Organising Committee- Was part of a small team which organised an online conference for postgraduate researchers (around 500 registrations). - Organised a ‘Science Communication’ Workshop in collaboration with In2Science and STEM Ambassadors, responsible for chairing session and leading discussion. - Selected abstracts for poster and oral presentations. Show less

Ambassador

• Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

Course Organisation Team Member

• Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

During my time at CamBioScience I was mainly involved in the selling, advertising and helping to organise and run their in-person training courses which focussed on a range of scientific skills for life scientists, including CRISPR, organoid generation and data analysis. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic I was also heavily involved in moving these courses online to the OBRIZUM platform. I also helped to organise social media campaigns, curate content from past courses, and design an online CRISPR on demand course using OBRIZUM. Show less

Scholar's Programme Tutor

• May 2020 - Jul 2021

Designed, delivered and assessed a course for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students focussing on Neurodegeneration. This course was run remotely, on a number of occasions, over 7 sessions. Students were given specific homework tasks throughout. Outcomes of the course were measured through a baseline assignment and a final assignment at the beginning and end of the course respectively. Designed, delivered and assessed a course for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students focussing on Neurodegeneration. This course was run remotely, on a number of occasions, over 7 sessions. Students were given specific homework tasks throughout. Outcomes of the course were measured through a baseline assignment and a final assignment at the beginning and end of the course respectively.

preLighter at preLights

• Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

preLights is a community where preLighters provide short summary articles which highlight recent prePrint papers which may be of interest to people in the field. preLights is a community where preLighters provide short summary articles which highlight recent prePrint papers which may be of interest to people in the field.

Bartender

• Nov 2016 - Aug 2017

Research Assistant

• Aug 2016 - Aug 2016

Worked as a research assistant in an ecological survey taking place in Cuba with the University of Havana and Operation Wallacea. Work included manatee surveys, catching lionfish which were an invasive species, and taking ecological transects of different areas of the sea over a time course. This included a PADI diving training course. Fundraised £500 through organising various events including pub quizzes, bag packing and sponsored events. Worked as a research assistant in an ecological survey taking place in Cuba with the University of Havana and Operation Wallacea. Work included manatee surveys, catching lionfish which were an invasive species, and taking ecological transects of different areas of the sea over a time course. This included a PADI diving training course. Fundraised £500 through organising various events including pub quizzes, bag packing and sponsored events.

Wellcome Trust Summer studentship

• Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

An 8 week project funded by the Wellcome Trust at the University of York in the Goffin laboratory. During this time I was working on the MECP2 protein in Rett syndrome. Techniques used: cutting mouse brains using a cryostat, freefloating immunohistotogy on mouse brain slices, confocal microscopy, electrophysiology on whole mouse brains, PCR genotyping. An 8 week project funded by the Wellcome Trust at the University of York in the Goffin laboratory. During this time I was working on the MECP2 protein in Rett syndrome. Techniques used: cutting mouse brains using a cryostat, freefloating immunohistotogy on mouse brain slices, confocal microscopy, electrophysiology on whole mouse brains, PCR genotyping.