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Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • mRNA Tagging, Degradation and Translation: How, When and Why?, by Invitation (Orgnaising committee, 2014)
  • The Transcriptome and How To Turn It Off: RNA Degradation and Translational Repression, by Invitation (Organising committee, 2012)
  • The co-ordinated regulation of transcript stability and translation, by Invitation (Meeting organising committee, 2011)
  • mRNA 3’ tagging is induced by nonsense mediated decay and promotes translational repression, by Invitation (Organising Committee, 2011)
  • The role of mRNA 3' tagging in RNA degradation and the cesation of translation.
  • High-throughput sequencing of the A. nidulans transcriptome, by Invitation (EUROFUNG Committee, 2010)
  • Invited Lecture: mRNA degradation in A. nidulans: CUCU spells the end., by Invitation (IMC9 organising committee., 2010)
  • Invited Lecture: High-throughput sequencing of the A. nidulans transcriptome, by Invitation (Aspergilus gemone committee, 2010)
  • RNA stability, a fundamental aspect of gene regulation, by Invitation (Slovinian Microbilogy Society, 2008)
  • Looking downstream from the promoter:Multiple regulatory mechanisms in fungi , by Invitation (Eurofung, 2008)
  • Lecture; Regulated transcript stability in Aspergillus nidulans, by Invitation (The Genetics Society of Ammerica, 2007)
  • Plenary lecture - The role of RNA degradation in regulating nitrogen metabolism, by Invitation (Alicia Gonzalez - University of Mexico, 2006)
  • Plenary lecture- Gene Regulation, by Invitation (AAA organisers, 2006)
  • “Nitrogen regulation of transcript stability in A. nidulans, by Invitation (Aspergillus Genomes Research Policy Committee, 2005)
  • Comparative genomic analysis of Aspergillus regulatory elements, by Invitation (EUROFUNG organisers, 2005)
  • Plenary lecture: Nitrogen metabolite signalling in Aspergillus nidulans, by Invitation (Conference organisers, 2002)
  • Plenery Lecture: The regulatoin of nitrogen metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans, by Invitation (Mycological Society , 2002)
  • Plenary lecture ; Nitrogen metabolite signalling in Aspergillus nidulans , by Invitation (Conference organisers, 2001)

Examination Roles

  • University of Leeds, BSc (UG, 2011)
  • Imperial College of Science, PhD (2010)
  • Imperial College of Science, PhD (2006)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • Ran (x1) and co-ran events (x1) (2011 - present)
  • Speak and discuss colaboration (2011 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

  • Society for General Microbiology (Sub-committee member, 2002 - 2005)
  • Society for General Microbiology (Member, 1981 - 2011)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Head of The Department of Functional and Comparative Genomics.
  • Course Leader: “Advanced Genetic Techniques” BIOL276.