Research Interests
2012 onwards Plant Molecular Geneticist, East Malling Reseach
2009 - 2012 PhD in Systems Biology, University of Warwick
"Investigating the Influence of Phytopathogenic Effectors Upon Host Transcription"
Supervisors: Professor Jim Beynon, Dr. Claire Hill and Dr. Jens Steinbrenner
Researching the influence of individual predicted effectors from the oomycete, Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis, and the influence of the whole effector complement of the bacteria Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000, upon transcription within Arabidopsis thaliana.
Conferences Attended / Attending:
School of Life Sciences First Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium, University of Warwick, 26-27th May 2011
UK Plant Systems Biology Workshop, University of Edinburgh, 30-31st March 2011
Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens, 17-19th September 2010. University of Exeter
GARNet 2010 Meeting - Cells and Systems, Durham University 6-7th September
Warwick HRI Student Symposium, 6-7th May 2010