Professional Activities
Meeting organising committees:
SUPA 2023, Birmingham
Kinases and Pseudokinases 2022 (Warwick, UK)
Pseudokinases 2013 (Cambridge, UK)
Pseudoenzymes 2016 (Liverpool, UK) and 2018 (Sardinia, Italy),
Pharmacology 2016 and Pharmacology 2017 (London, UK)
Editorial responsibilities:
Editorial Board, Biochemical Journal (2013 -)
Biochemical Society Theme Panel V Chair (2017 -2020)
BBSRC Pool of Experts (Panel D) (2017-)
Conference Roles
- Kinases, Pseudokinases & Tribbles – from Molecules to Therapy, by Invitation (HelmholtzZentrum München, 2020)
- Molecular Functions, Catalysis and Regulation, by Invitation (Beilstein Institut Enzymology Symposium, Germany, 2019)
- Invitation to speak, 3rd SUPA Conference on Sulfation Pathways, by Invitation (SUPA 2019, 2019)
- Life Sciences PhD symposium Plenary, by Invitation (CBMI, Innsbruck, Austria, 2019)
- Research seminar, by Invitation (University of Cardiff, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019)
- Research Seminar, by Invitation (University of Lancaster, 2019)
- Research Seminar, by Invitation (University of Tampere, Finland, 2018)
- Invited Speaker, The many faces of kinases and pseudokinases, San Diego, Dec 2018, by Invitation (ASBMB , 2018)
- Research seminar, by Invitation (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, 2018)
- Research Seminar, by Invitation (School of Medical Sciences, University of Bangor, 2017)
- Research Seminar, by Invitation (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017)
- Research seminar, by Invitation (North West Cancer Research Science Symposium, 2017)
- Invited Oral Presentation, by Invitation (FASEB meeting (Protein Kinases and Protein Phosphorylation), Cambridge, UK, 2017)
- Research Seminar, by Invitation (Babraham Institute, Cambridge, 2017)
- 2nd Kinase Inhibitors Design & Screening Conference, by Invitation (Berlin, Germany, 2016)
- XXIV EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry , by Invitation (University of Manchester, 2016)
- Tribbles pseudokinases on the crossroads, by Invitation (Biochemical Society, Budapest, Hungary, 2015)
- Kinases and Pseudokinases: spines, scaffolds and molecular switches, by Invitation (ASBMB, San Diego, CA, 2015)
- Exploring kinomes: Pseudokinases and beyond, by Invitation (University of Cambridge, 2013)
- Drug-resistance mechanisms in protein kinases, by Invitation (Institute for Cancer Research (ICR), 2013)
- Mps1 kinase: a new validated oncology target, by Invitation (Nervianos Sciences, 2011)
Editorships
- Biochemical Journal (Editorial Board, 2015 - present)
Examination Roles
- Unviversities of Dundee, Leicester, Glasgow, UCL, Nottingham, ICR, Sussex, Newcastle, CR-UK centre Manchester, University of Brussels, Francis Crick Institute,, PhD (2017)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Structural Genomics Consortium (2013 - present)
- Nerviano Pharmaceuticals (2010 - 2013)
- AstraZeneca (2015 - present)
Professional Body Memberships
- BBSRC (Pool , 2015 - present)
- Biochemical Society (Theme Panel Member, 2013 - present)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (Affiliate, 2010 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Deputy Head, Department of Biochemistry
- Institute Staff Review and Development Committee
- Director and academic lead of the Liverpool Enzyme Screening And Assay Facility. This facility provides an academic and commercial service for enzyme studies using differential analysis of modified fluorescent peptides. In 2014, we acquired a Perkin Elmer Caliper EZ Reader II system, and have access to multiple kinase inhibitor and FDA-approved drug libraries for screening using a huge number of enzyme and substrate pairings.
- Radiation Protection Officer and Site Safety Committee