Bertie (Albert) Blandy (White Rose BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership PhD student)
PhD project“Dissecting mechanisms of mRNA translational control by specialised ribosomes” supervised by Drs Julie Aspden and Juan Fontana.
This PhD project will utilise computational techniques and cryo-EM to investigate how ribosomes are specialised in different tissues and the impact of this on translational control within different tissues of Drosophila melanogaster. October 2020 - Present Background2019-2020: Molecular Medicine MSc (distinction), Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds.
MSc research project: “Investigation of the Role of MCPH1 in Metabolism and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer” Supervised by Drs Sandra Bell and Salvatore Papa. 2018-2020: Experimental Officer, Immunochemistry Department, Covance Laboratories Ltd. 2015-2018: Biochemistry BSc, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds. Undergraduate research project: “Characterising Specialised Ribosomes in the Tests of Drosophila melanogaster.” Supervised by Dr Julie Aspden. Research InterestsTranslational control mechanisms and regulation, OMICs technologies, specialised ribosomes and structure.
Technical Skills Protein expression assays (Western Blots and ELISAs), Drosophila husbandry, pathway analysis. Future Technical Skills Working knowledge of R, ribosome fractionation by polysome profiling, Cryo-EM imaging and sample preparation. |