About
I am a cellular neurophysiology postdoctoral research associate in the Brain Infection and Inflammation Group of Professor Benedict Michael. My research focuses on stem cell derived models of neurological disease, in particular infections such as HSV-1 encephalitis.
I conducted my doctoral research in the the lab of Dr Guy Bewick, funded by the Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research. My doctoral research focused on in vitro modelling of neuromuscular pathology; including the development of a novel human stem cell-derived ‘neuromuscular junction on-a-chip’ to model ALS/MND in vitro. I also have experience in industry, completing my masters degree with Pfizer and MedImmune (AstraZeneca) and obtaining funding for an academic-industrial collaboration with Takeda during my PhD.
My research interests include in vitro models of neurological disease, iPSCs, electrophysiology and organ-on-a-chip technology.
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