Current Research

2011-(2016) University of Warwick

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

PhD in Systems Biology 

Project Title:

"An Analysis of the Structure and Function of Malarial Duffy-Binding-Like
Protein Domains using Recombinant Fusion Proteins".

Supervisors:

Richard Pleass, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

Hugo van den Berg, Systems Biology Centre, University of Warwick.

Education

2011 University of Warwick

MSc Systems Biology (Distinction)

Experimental Project:"Establishing a dual colour live cell assay to observe multi-generational mitotic inheritance in human cells". Supervised by Andrew McAinsh, University of Warwick.

Theoretical Project: "Competition between light and temperature in the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock: A study of the Locke model". Supervised by Mirela Domijan, University of Warwick.

2010 University of Glasgow

BSc (Hons) Applied Mathematics

Dissertation: "Optimal strategies in bird migration". Supervised by Nick Hill, University of Glasgow.

Publications, abstracts and conferences

"Establishing a dual colour live cell assay to observe multi-generational mitotic inheritance in human cells". Warwick Systems Biology Centre Conference, Stratford, July 2011.

"Structure-based mutagenesis to reveal the immunoglobulin M binding site of Duffy-binding-like domains in malarial parasite-encoded proteins." British Society of Parasitology Spring Meeting, Glasgow, April 2012.

“A directed-evolution approach to reveal the immunoglobulin M binding site of Duffy-binding-like domains in malarial parasite-encoded proteins.” British Society of Parasitology Spring Meeting, Cambridge, April 2014.

Grants

Travel grants awarded by the British Society of Parasitology to facilitate participation at the British Society of Parasitology Spring Meeting, both in Glasgow, April 2012 and Cambridge, April 2014.

Addresses

Laboratory:
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Pembroke Place
Liverpool
L3 5QA

Warwick:
Systems Biology DTC
University of Warwick
Senate House
Coventry
CV4 7AL

Email:
shona.moore@warwick.ac.uk
shona.moore@liverpool.ac.uk