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Curriculum Vitae

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Publications
1. J. D. Sidda, V. Poon, L. Song, C. Corre. "Overproduction and identification of butyrolactones SCB1-8 in the antibiotic production superhost Streptomyces M1152". Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016,14, 6390-6393.

2. J. D. Sidda, L. Song, V. Poon, M. Al Bassam, O. Lazos, M. J. Buttner, G. L. Challis and C. Corre. "Discovery of a family of gamma-aminobutyrate ureas via rational derepression of a silent bacterial gene cluster". Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 86-89.

Education
  • 2012 - 2015 : PhD in Systems Biology at University of Warwick
  • 2011 - 2012 : MSc in Systems Biology at University of Warwick
  • 2008 - 2011 : BSc in Biomedical Science at University of Warwick

Past Research Experience

  • 2012: MSc Systems Biology Mini-projects at University of Warwick
  1. Experimental project on "Cloning and Heterologous expression of a Rhodococcus signalling system".
    Supervised by Dr. Christophe Corre from Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick.
    (PDF Document) [Poster] 
  2. Theoretical project on "Detecting activity signatures in human behaviour through the analysis of actimetry recordings from a wrist worn-device".
    Supervised by Prof. Christopher James from Institute of Digital Healthcare, Warwick Manufacturing Group.
    (PDF Document) [Poster] 
  • 2011 : Undergraduate Research project at University of Warwick
    Project on "Peptide Aptamers Binding to Arabidopsis SKP1-Like Protein".
    Supervised by Prof. Richard Napier from School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
  • 2010 : Undergraduate Research Scholarship Scheme at University of Warwick
    Awarded a research scholarship to carry out a project on "Discovery of novel antibiotic targets, Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases".
    Supervised by Dr. David Roper and Dr. Adrian Lloyd from the School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick

Research Outputs

  • The Chemistry and Biology of Natural Product Symposium X, Coventry, UK, 30 June - 1 July 2016. *
  • The Chemistry and Biology of Natural Product Symposium IX, Coventry, UK, 25-26 June 2015. **
  • Directing Biosynthesis, Norwich, UK, 25-27 March 2015. *
  • SET for Britain, Westminster, UK, 9 March 2015.* (Presented at Parliament to MPs and expert judges)
  • International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes (ISBA) 17, Izmir, Turkey, 8-12 October 2014. *
  • John Innes/Rudjer Bošković Summer Schools in Applied Molecular Microbiology, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 13th-21 September 2014. *
  • The Chemistry and Biology of Natural Products Symposium VIII, Coventry, UK, 5 June 2014. *
  • RSC Chemical Biology and Bio-Organic Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium, Coventry, UK, 1 April 2014. *
  • Warwick Systems Biology DTC Annual Conference, Stratford upon Avon, UK, 19-21 March 2014. *
  • RSC Chemical Science/Chemical Biology Interface Division Awards Symposium, Coventry, UK, 6th November 2013. *
  • The Chemistry and Biology of Natural Product Symposium VII, Coventry, UK, 20th June 2013. *
  • Warwick Systems Biology DTC Annual Conference, Stratford upon Avon, UK, 11-14th June 2012. *
  • Society of General Microbiology's Annual Spring Conference, Manchester, UK, 25 -28th March 2013. *
  • RSC Organic Chemistry Midlands section meeting, Coventry, UK, 13 April 2012. *
  • Warwick Systems Biology DTC Annual Conference, Haworth, UK, 11-14th June. *
    * Poster Presentation ** Poster and Oral Presentation

Professional Memberships

  • Associate Member of Society for General Microbiology since 2012.
  • Member of The Royal Society of Chemistry since 2015.
  • Member of NPRONET since 2015.
  • Member of STEMNET since 2015.

Prizes and Awards

  • Best talk award at Department of Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium, 27th May 2015.
  • Best poster award at School of Life Sciences Postgraduate Symposium, 24- 26 March 2014.
  • Best poster award at Warwick Systems Biology DTC Annual Conference, 19-21 March 2014.


Curriculum Vitae

Vincent Poon

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

Email: Vincent.Poon@Warwick.ac.uk


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