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.