Associate Principal Scientist

• Nov 2022 - Present

Drug Development Senior Scientist

• Jul 2015 - Nov 2022

Visiting Scholar

• Jul 2015 - Present

Research Assistant

• May 2015 - Jul 2015

Research PhD Student

• Sep 2011 - Jul 2015

As a member of Patrick Johnston’s drug resistance group and Kevin Prise’s radiation biology group at the Patrick Johnston Centre for Cancer Research I completed my doctoral research on the role of FLIP as a novel regulator of resistance to ionising radiation.

Laboratory Demonstrator

• Sep 2012 - Jan 2013

Demonstration and teaching of laboratory molecular biology techniques for School of Biological Sciences undergraduate year 2 module - Molecular Genetics.

Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2011 - Jun 2012

Teaching assistance for 2 modules as part of undergraduate medical program. "Cell, Tissues & Organs: Foundations of Clinical Practice I and II"

Visiting Researcher

• Jul 2011 - Sep 2011

Bertrand Joseph lab @ Cancer centrum Bertrand Joseph lab @ Cancer centrum

Summer Research Student

• Jul 2010 - Aug 2010

Within the drug resistance group I worked with HDAC inhibitors and chemotherapy in colorectal cancer models. Contributed to publication: Kerr, E. et al. Identification of an acetylation-dependant Ku70/FLIP complex that regulates FLIP expression and HDAC inhibitor-induced apoptosis. Cell Death and Differentiation 1–11 (2012). doi:10.1038/cdd.2012.8 Within the drug resistance group I worked with HDAC inhibitors and chemotherapy in colorectal cancer models. Contributed to publication: Kerr, E. et al. Identification of an acetylation-dependant Ku70/FLIP complex that regulates FLIP expression and HDAC inhibitor-induced apoptosis. Cell Death and Differentiation 1–11 (2012). doi:10.1038/cdd.2012.8