Professional Activities
Commissions of trust & Memberships
Reviewer for grant funding bodies including the European Research Council, the Medical Research Council (MRC), UK, the French Research Council (INSERM), the Royal Society and L'oreal-Unesco Women in Science.
Member of Editorial board and scientific societies
Elected member of Frontiers in Cell & Developmental Biology editorial board.
Elected member of AcademiaNet – Expert international organisation of outstanding female academics.
Mentoring:
Mentoring early career researchers from the University of Liverpool and other Universities in the UK.
Public engagement activities:
Lab tours for cancer patients and charities.
“Women in Leadership lecture”. University of Liverpool, UK.
LivWISE Chrismas Lecture, University of Liverpool, UK.
Workshops on the human body for primary schools.
Videos and interviews with the UK and Spanish media
Selected Professional Activities
Publication Review
- Peer-reviewer for scientific journals, Invited (Nature Communications, Pre-publication) (Publication Review)
- Peer-reviewer for scientific journals, Invited (Frontiers in Immunology, Pre-publication) (Publication Review)
- Peer-reviewer of scientific journals, Invited (Frontiers in Oncology, Pre-publication) (Publication Review)
- Peer-reviewer for Scientific Journals, Invited (Oncogene, Pre-publication) (Publication Review)
Student Recruitment or Widening Participation
- Open Day (Student Recruitment or Widening Participation)
Conference Roles
- North West Cancer Research Symposium, by Invitation (North West Cancer Research, 2023 - present)
- Pancreatic cancer UK Discovery & Translational research forum, by Invitation (Oxford, 2023 - present)
- North West Advanced colorectal research symposium, Liverpool, UK, by Invitation (2023 - present)
- Departmental cancer seminar series (Liverpool, 2021 - present)
- CRUK Beatson Institute, by Invitation (CRUK Beatson Institute, 2019)
- Wellcome Trust Conference, UK, by Invitation (Wellcome Trust Conference, 2018)
- Cancer Center of Toulouse, France, by Invitation (Toulouse Cancer Center, 2018)
- Pancreatic cancer symposium, Cambridge, UK, by Invitation ( Pancreatic cancer symposium., 2017)
- North West Cancer Research Industrial workshop, by Invitation (North West Cancer Research , 2017)
- University of Edinburgh, MRC Center., by Invitation ( Invited by Prof Jeffrey Pollard, Director of MRC centre., 2016)
- BARTS Cancer Institute., by Invitation (BARTS Cancer Institute, 2016)
- North West Cancer Research Symposium., by Invitation (North West Cancer Research , 2016)
- Elli Lilly, Indianapolis, U.S.A., by Invitation (Elli Lilly, 2011)
- Invited Speaker. Nature Medicine Symposium, La Jolla, California., by Invitation (Nature Medicine, 2011)
Editorships
- Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (Editorial Board Member, 2015 - present)
Examination Roles
- PhD (2023)
- European Research Council , Elected Expert remote referee for ERC research grants (2017)
- Medical Research Council, UK, Expert reviewer for MRC research grants (2017)
- French research council - INSERM, Expert reviewer for INSERM research grants (2018)
- Breast Cancer Now, UK , Expert reviewer for Breast Cancer Now research grants (2017)
- Israel Science Foundation, Expert reviewer for Israel Science Foundationg research grants (2019)
- University of Liverpool, PhD thesis ()
- University of Liverpool, PhD Thesis ()
- University of Liverpool, PhD thesis (2021)
- PhD thesis (2019)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- Chair of new ISMIB sustainability committee (School / Institute)
- Member of the HLS sustainability working group (Faculty)
- Member of the School of Life Science Education Committee (School / Institute)
- Member of the ISMIB PGT committee (School / Institute)
- Member of the ISMIB R&I committee (School / Institute)
Professional Body Memberships
- (Member of the Metastasis Research Society, 2021 - present)
- AcademiaNet – Expert organisation of outstanding female academics. (Elected Member, 2015 - present)
- European Association for Cancer Research (EACR). (Member, 2017 - present)
- British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB). (Member, 2017 - present)
- American Association of Cancer Research (Associate Member, 2007 - present)
Publication Reviews
- Peer-reviewer for scientific journals, Invited (Nature Communications, Pre-publication)
- Peer-reviewer for scientific journals, Invited (Frontiers in Immunology, Pre-publication)
- Peer-reviewer of scientific journals, Invited (Frontiers in Oncology, Pre-publication)
- Peer-reviewer for Scientific Journals, Invited (Oncogene, Pre-publication)