Education
2016 – Present
PhD in Biological Sciences, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Supervisor: Lori Passmore, Structural Studies Division
2012 – 2016
Masters of Biochemistry (Molecular and Cellular) (MBiochem), University of Oxford
First Class Degree
Masters Dissertation: “Identification and Characterisation of Novel Complement Inhibitors from Rhipicephalus pulchellus Saliva”
Supervisor: Susan Lea, Sir William Dunn School of Biochemistry
Optional modules: Advanced Structural Biology, Virology, Aromatic and Heterocyclic Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Research Experience
2015
BBSRC Research Experience Placement
Supervisor: Renos Savva, Birkbeck College, University of London
Purification and structural characterisation of T. thermophilus AmiB and LytM, proteins involved in bacterial cell wall cleavage during cell division.
2014
Summer Laboratory Intern
Supervisor: Bob Robinson, IMCB, ASTAR, Singapore
Purification and characterisation of Paralvinella sulfincola WASp and twinfilin, proteins involved in regulation of actin filament formation.
2013
Summer Laboratory Intern
Supervisor: Jacky Ngo, School of Life Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Cloning, expression, and purification of SR protein kinase 2 in complex with SRp20.
Honours and Awards
2016
Herchel Smith Research Studentship
Mary Somerville Prize (Part II)
Gibbs Prize
2015
College and Principal Prizes (Part I)
2013
Scopes Scholarship in Biochemistry
Other
2015
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test:
Verbal Reasoning: 650 (95th percentile)
Quantitative Reasoning: 680 (95th percentile)
Analytical Writing: 6.0 (99th percentile)
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Subject Test (Biochemistry):
Cellular and Molecular Biology: 780 (99th percentile)
Biochemistry: 77 (99th percentile)
Cell Biology: 76 (99th percentile)
Molecular Biology and Genetics: 72 (99th percentile)
2011
SAT Reasoning Test: 2290