Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
MB/PhD Student at University of Cambridge, Department of Genomics Medicine I am a medical student at Gonville and Caius College. I completed my Bachelor of Arts with the Department of Pathology in Cancer and Genetic Disease. Having completed 3 years of preclinical medicine and 1 year of clinical medicine, I am now intercalating a PhD in Genomics Medicine (Nik-Zainal Lab). My PhD focuses on mutational signatures in cancer, WGS and genomics, DNA repair pathway deficiencies, and identifying new biomarkers for clinical applications. I am funded by the Cambridge Trust Scholarship, Rosetrees Trust, and the School of Medicine, University of Cambridge.
PhD student in the Department of Genomics Medicine working on somatic mutations in cancer, aetiology and clinical applications of mutational signatures.
Research Student at Dev Lab in Early Cancer Institute Investigated molecular activity of combination therapy (AR and PARP inhibitor) on prostate cancer Examined transcriptome-wide analysis of treatment effects across cell cycles and DNA damage response Conducted viability assay, FACS, cell culture of LNCaP prostate cancer cell line, qPCR, RNA-seq
Advisory Committee Vice President (Events) Organized multiple conferences, career talks, social events, dinners. Created grassroots events. Led events committee and was part of steering committee Events Officer
Registered patients, dispensed medication, claimed insurances, filed PO and deliveries Worked as clinic assistant helping with medical checkups and general consultations
Research student at the Bioinformatics Institute ASTAR Programmed with Python to identify conserved euchromatic and heterochromatic regions Conducted 3D reconstructions of nuclear architecture of COVID-19 and control patients with SEP and VMD, working with Hi-C data Published on anosmia in olfactory sensory neurons infected with SARS-CoV2 virus