About
I am a PDRA in the Emmott Lab working on coronaviruses, linking polyprotein processing and replication complex function.
I am a molecular virologist and bioinformatician with a specific interest in applying RNA sequencing and computational methods to further our understanding of disease. I am passionate about virology and public health and enjoy working in multidisciplinary teams and environments.
I completed my PhD in Julian Hiscox's lab, where my PhD thesis explored nanopore sequencing methodologies on samples derived from patients with severe coronavirus disease (MERS/SARS-CoV-2) to answer questions about viral evolution, viral sgmRNAs, microbiome and the hosts transcriptional response. During my PhD I gained experience in big data and bioinformatics, which I continued into my post doc where I have researched the impact of antivirals on the mutational spectra of SARS-CoV-2, and integration of RNAseq data from multiple models of SARS-CoV-2.
I previously worked for TopMD as a research scientist and I remain as an associate, where I use my knowledge and expertise of RNA sequencing and gene expression analysis within a multidiscplinary team to explore biomarkers of disease and identifying outcome predictors.