About
World-class Underpinning Bioscience
Chileleko Siachisumo
I am interested in functional biology. I did my undergraduate degree at Newcastle University in Biomedical Sciences. During my undergraduate degree I did a 10 week placement in the lab of Dr Jun-yong Huang studying cell cycle regulation. I received sponsorship from the school of Biomedical Sciences …
Elise Ling
I studied biochemistry at Newcastle University and in my final year I completed my undergraduate project in Prof Austin’s lab. I thoroughly enjoyed the project, the field of research and was fortunate enough that Prof Austin had a BBSRC DTP PhD position available which I applied for. My research int…
Emma Corbin
I studied Biochemistry at Newcastle University during which I completed a summer project with Dr Niall Kenneth after my second year. This project studied the relationship between hypoxia and liver fibrosis. After my summer project I decided to apply for a PhD. During the third year of my degree I wa…
Heidi Falvey
I have had a fascination in microbiology ever since I learnt about the human microbiome and its role in human health and disease. I attended the University of Westminster to complete my undergraduate degree in Microbiology, during which time, I was fortunate to receive funding to undertake summer re…
James Grimshaw
I am studying RNase Y, an endoribonuclease that act as a scaffold for this complex in Bacillus subtilis and other bacteria.…