2008-2011 University of Edinburgh
PhD, Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research
2005-2008 University of Edinburgh
Biological Sciences BSc (Hons) (Experimental Pathology) (2.1)
2003-2005 Boston Spa Comprehensive School
A-levels: Biology (A), Chemistry (A), Physics (B), Mathematics (A)
Computing:
Microarray Data Analysis - 3 day workshop, National e-science Centre, Edinburgh
Introduction to R for bioinformatics - 1 day workshop, University of Edinburgh
Introduction to UNIX - 1 day workshop, University of Edinburgh
Microsoft Excel Advanced - 1 day workshop, University of Edinburgh
Computational Systems Biology -12 hour lecture course, University of Edinburgh
Professional Development:
Project management - 1 day course, Transkills
Time management - 1 day course, Transkills
Communication Skills for Scientists - 1/2 day course, Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Health and Safety:
Fire Awareness Lecture
Introduction to Biological Waste - University of Edinburgh
Introduction to Biosafety - University of Edinburgh
Microbiological Safety Cabinets - University of Edinburgh
Safety Requirements for Genetic Modification Work - University of Edinburgh
Molecular Biology: Cell culture, Inflammatory cell isolation from blood (dextran gradients, magnetic selection), Western blotting, RNA/DNA/protein isolation from cultured cells, Transfection, Biotin labelling of RNA for microarray analysis, Quantitative RT-PCR, Growth Assays (SRB, Alamar Blue), Flow cytometry, Chemotaxis assay, Ligand-binding assay
General Computing:
Biocomputing:
Statistics/Bioinformatic Analysis:
Languages: Spanish (intermediate), French (basic)