Sara-Jane Dunn

VP Computational Research - Relation Therapeutics

Greater Cambridge Area

About

Experience

  • VP Computational Research at Relation
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • DeepMind (5 yrs)
    • Staff Research Scientist
      Oct 2023 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Senior Research Scientist
      Apr 2020 - Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Affiliate Researcher at Wellcome MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
    Mar 2016 - Jul 2022 · 6 yrs 5 mos

    In reflection of the interdisciplinary nature of my research, and the successful collaborations I have formed and sustained, I was invited to become an affiliate researcher of the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. This affords me the privilege of working together and alongside some of the world's foremost researchers in stem cell biology.

  • Microsoft Research (8 yrs 4 mos)
    • Principal Scientist
      Dec 2019 - Apr 2020 · 5 mos

    • Senior Scientist
      Mar 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Scientist
      Jun 2014 - Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      I carry out research into the fundamentals of information-processing in cells, as part of the Biological Computation group at Microsoft Research. I am particularly interested in approaching this theoretical concept from the bottom-up, specifically through the study of developmental processes and stem cell decision-making. In my role, I collaborate with biologists, mathematicians and computer scientists to advance our understanding of biological processes, and push us towards the goal of programmable biology.

  • Industrial Fellow at 2020 Science
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2015 · 4 yrs

    During this period I worked with researchers at UCL and Oxford University as part of a cross-group collaborative program connecting industrial and academic researchers working in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology.