Dr Eleanor Walton
2010-2015
PhD, Department of Biology, University of York
Supervisor: Dr Louise Jones
“Investigating locus-specific effects on transgene silencing and DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana”.
PhD, Department of Biology, University of York
Supervisor: Dr Louise Jones
“Investigating locus-specific effects on transgene silencing and DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana”.
Publications |
Noordally ZB, Ishii K, Atkins KA, Wetherill SJ, Kusakina J, Walton EJ, Kato M, Azuma M, Tanaka K, Hanaoka M, & Dodd AN, 2013. Circadian Control of Chloroplast Transcription by a Nuclear-Encoded Timing Signal. Science, 339, 1316-1319
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Expertise |
RNA; Long non-coding RNA; Small interfering RNA
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Profile |
I gained my BSc Hons in Biology Sciences at the University of East Anglia. After a brief stint in industry I completed my PhD at the University of York during which I investigated locus-specific effects on transgene silencing and DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
I joined the University of Leeds for my first postdoctoral position at the start of 2016 in the lab of Dr Julie Aspden. |
Research interests |
I have been interested in non-coding RNA biology throughout my career, with my undergraduate and PhD projects focusing on small interfering RNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana.
At Leeds I am working on long non-coding RNA in Drosophila melanogaster. Poly-Ribo-Seq has previously identified three classes of cytoplasmic lncRNAs in D. melanogaster S2 cells depending on their association with translation machinery. I aim to identify quantitative differences in RNA-binding proteins associated with specific lncRNA and mRNAs. To achieve this, I am using RNA antisense purification with Tandem mass tags (TMT) mass spectrometry to identify RNA binding proteins of target lncRNA and mRNAs. |