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Chloe Fenton, PhD
Chloe Fenton has a PhD in endocrinology, in which she investigated the role of pre-receptor steroid metabolism in the anti-inflammatory effects of therapeutic glucocorticoids.
Kimberley Bryon-Dodd, PhD
Kimberley Bryon-Dodd has a PhD in molecular and cellular biology with a focus on neurobiology.
Annalise Barnette, PhD
Annalise Barnette holds a PhD in microbiology and immunology with a concentration in tumor immunology.
Katie Roberts, PhD
Katie Roberts gained her PhD in cellular biology, during which she investigated the interaction between inflammation and the cell cycle, focusing on nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB).
Rachael Preston, PhD
Rachael is an Applications Scientist for Bio-Rad Antibodies. She earned her PhD in cancer genetics at Cardiff University (UK) where she focused on characterizing the tumor suppression function of folliculin.
Richard Cuthbert, PhD
Bio-Rad’s flow cytometry expert, Richard Cuthbert, PhD, is a Global Commercialization Product Manager for Flow and Antibodies.
Sharon Sanderson, PhD
Sharon Sanderson, PhD, is a Flow Cytometry Application Scientist and Product Manager for Bio-Rad Antibodies.
Mike Blundell
Mike Blundell graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a B.Sc. in Immunology. He then moved to University College London where he joined the group of Prof. Adrian Thrasher and obtained his Ph.D.
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Tyron Chang, PhD
Tyron Chang is a PhD student at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the Immunology Department.
Danielle Germundson
Danielle Germudson is a PhD candidate at the Department of Pathology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, USA.
Katie Lowles, PhD
Katie has a PhD from the University of Manchester, where she worked in the Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine.
Marta González Prieto, PhD
Marta has a PhD in Biomedical Research from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
Amanda Koch
Amanda was awarded 2nd place in the Bio-Rad 2020 Science Writing Competition. She is a PhD student at Colorado State University in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology department.
Emma Green, PhD
Emma Green has a PhD in neuroscience from Keele University. She is researching the possible influences of the B vitamin nicotinamide in Parkinson's disease.
Katie Lee
2022 Science Competition Winner, Katie Lee is a PhD student at the Frazer Institute University of Queensland, Australia.
Keira Lee Rice
2021 Science Writing Competition Winner, Keira is a third year PhD candidate at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).
Rowan Cox
Rowan Cox is a PhD student at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. He was awarded joint 2nd place in the 2022 Bio-Rad Science Writing Competition.
Sabine Hahn
Sabine earned her PhD in Biology & Biotechnology from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She did her PhD thesis work in the Manning lab, which primarily focuses on the cellular mechanisms that maintain genome stability in healthy cells, while also looking at how these pathways are altered or compromised in cancer.
Shermaine Thein
Shermaine Thein is a research fellow at the Centre for Healthy Longevity at the National University of Singapore. Her research interests include exploring interventions that can improve the healthy lifespan.
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Jey Alagarsamy
Jey is an experienced researcher with extensive practice in scientific research and writing. Her career includes notable contributions to translational research in areas such as multiple sclerosis, metabolic diseases, and infectious diseases.
Janielle Cuala
Janielle Cuala was born and raised in Guam and is currently a PhD student at the University of Southern California through the Medical Biophysics program.
Sindhu Nair, PhD
Sindhu Nair is a dentist turned cancer biologist who has a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, and a Master’s degree in dentistry from India.
Alex Du Feu
Winner of 2020 Bio-Rad Science Writing Competition, Alexander Du Feu is a PhD student at Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute which is part of The University of Manchester, UK.
Ashlea Morgan
Ashlea was awarded 2nd place in the 2021 Bio-Rad Science Writing Competition. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Neurobiology and Behavior Program at Columbia University in New York, USA.
Christine Lalonde, PhD
Christine Lalonde, PhD, is the Director of Health Services for Nipissing First Nation. She is also part-time faculty in Psychology and Medical Sciences. Her research centers around epigenetics, radiation biology, neuroscience, and environmental stress.
Elisa Vitiello, PhD
Elisa has a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology from University College London where she studied how cell division and cell-cell junctions are coordinated in epithelial tissues.
Gayatri Subramanian, PhD
Gayatri Subramanian has a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Toledo, College of Medicine and Life Sciences.
Grace Gregory, PhD
Grace Gregory is currently a post-doctoral researcher in computational biology at the University of Manchester, looking at the role of inflammation in brain tumor development.
Katelyn O’Neill
Katelyn was awarded 3rd place in the 2021 Bio-Rad Science Writing Competition.
Md. Hassan Uz-Zaman
Md. Hassan uz-Zaman is a PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. His research involves microbial evolution, more specifically- the origin of orphan genes in bacterial lineages.
Patrick Penndorf
Patrick is a Science Communicator and Sustainability Consultant. He was awarded joint 2nd place in the 2022 Bio-Rad Science Writing Competition.
Priyankaa Pitcheshwar
Priyankaa is a final year PhD student from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore based in the National University of Singapore.
Samantha Zambuto
Samantha is a PhD Candidate in Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Dr. Brendan Harley’s Research Lab.
Stuart Weston, PhD
Stuart has a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology. He is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Maryland School of Medicine working in Dr. Matthew Frieman’s lab.
Temitayo Bamgbose
Temitayo Bamgbose is a graduate student at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA.
Varadha Balaji Venkadakrishnan
Vardha Balaji is a 5th year PhD student at Cleveland State University in Ohio, USA.
Zill-e-Anam
Zill-e-Anam is a PhD graduate student at the Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.
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