Experience

  • Writing articles based on interviewing founders and investors of life science start ups

    • Examples: CSO of Meatly (cultivated meat) and CEO of Cellertia (microfluidics)

    • Industry-sponsored (Sartorius) EngD programme - EngD in Biochemical Engineering and Bioprocessing Leadership

    • Applying design-of-experiment and QbD principles to optimise critical process parameters for AAV production utilising stirred-tank bioreactors e.g., the Ambr 15 cell culture system

    • Scale-up of optimised parameters to bench-top scales

    Leadership roles:

    • Chair of Viral Vector Team

    • Treasurer of Beaker Society

    Highlights:

    • Excellence in Research Award at ASGCT

    • Oral presentation at ASGCT 2024 (Baltimore, USA)

    • Oral presentation at the Sartorius AAV Symposium 2023 (Gottingen, Germany)

    • Oral presentation at Sartorius Digitals Solution Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal)

    • Variety of different projects on translational AAV gene therapy research:

      • Development of rAAV vectors for haemophilia (FVII deficiency)

      • Optimised multiplexing platforms for qPCR and digital PCR systems to educe amount of limited clinical trial sample required

      • Analysis of microRNA expression from clinical samples to identify alternative biomarkers of liver damage in AAV gene therapy

      • Development of an inducible prooter system to control AAVcapsid sysnthesis and increase full capsid percentage

  • Two 6-month research projects:

    1. Optimisation of CAR T cell therapy against solid tumours - Dr Sophie Papa

    2. Nuclear envelope mechanisms of migrating cancer cells - Dr Jeremy Carlton

    Extracurricular roles:

    • Postgraduate student representative

    • Final-year research project on molecular cancer biology under supervision of Dr Greg Booke

    • Extracurricular roles:

      • Treasurer of the Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) student network

      • Peer mentor