Biography
Education & Qualifications
2015-2018 PhD candidate in Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
Thesis: An investigation of the bioactivity of cyanobacterial exometabolites in plant stress tolerance
Supervisors: Dr Cara T. Daly and Dr Laurence Fitzhenry
2014-2014 Research Assistant in the James Murray Lab, Imperial College London, UK
Research Paper (Potential publication): Flux Balance Analysis of Alternative Carbon Fixation Pathways and Photorespiration in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Co-authors: Alysha Chua, Charles A.R. Cotton and J.W. Murray
2013-2014 Master of Research (MRes) in Systems & Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, UK (Grade: Distinction)
Research Project: Modelling & testing carbon flow in an unusual photosynthetic bacterium: Flux balance analysis of carbon-fixation Pathways.
Supervisor: Dr James Murray ([email protected])
2010-2013 Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biotechnology, Imperial College London, UK (Grade 2:1)
Subjects studied include:
Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Biological Chemistry, Proteins & Enzymes, Immunology, Physical Biochemistry, Protein Science, Advanced Topics in Plant Molecular Biology, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions & Synthetic Biology
Final Year Project: Biochemical & Biophysical Characterization of Heterocysts
Supervisor: Professor A. William Rutherford ([email protected])
Introduction to Plant Biology
Introduction to Good Laboratory Practices
- An investigation of the bioactivity of cyanobacterial exometabolites in plant stress tolerance
- Flux balance analysis of novel carbon fixation pathways in a model photosynthetic organism
- Isolation of a unique cyanophage infecting Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
- Biochemical & biophysical characterisation of Photosystem I in heterocyst from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
Research Assistant in the James Murray Lab, Imperial College London