Alessia Buscaino PhD
Group Leader
Education: MSc-University of Palermo (Italy); PhD- EMBL-Heidelberg; Post-doc: Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology (Allshire Lab- Edinburgh; UK)
Hometown: Trapani (Sicily; Italy)
Like: Chocolate
Dislike: Brexit
Main job: Writing grants, writing papers, teaching
Other jobs: Alessia is a Panel Member of BBSRC Committee C,
a Member of the Eukaryotic Division for the Microbiology Society, the co-Lead of the Growing Kent & Medway UKRI Consortium and the School Director of Graduate Studies
Email: [email protected]
Group Leader
Education: MSc-University of Palermo (Italy); PhD- EMBL-Heidelberg; Post-doc: Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology (Allshire Lab- Edinburgh; UK)
Hometown: Trapani (Sicily; Italy)
Like: Chocolate
Dislike: Brexit
Main job: Writing grants, writing papers, teaching
Other jobs: Alessia is a Panel Member of BBSRC Committee C,
a Member of the Eukaryotic Division for the Microbiology Society, the co-Lead of the Growing Kent & Medway UKRI Consortium and the School Director of Graduate Studies
Email: [email protected]
Elise Iracane, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher Associate
Education: MSc - Universite Paris Diderot (Paris, France), PhD - University College Dublin (Ireland)
Likes: Live Music
Dislikes: Coffee
Research Project: Viral infection and the discovery of novel RNA interference pathway in yeast of the CTG clade (Funded by Leverhulme Trust) ; Understanding genome organisation and function in non-canonical yeast species (funded by UKRI-Strength in Places)
Email: [email protected]
Post-Doctoral Researcher Associate
Education: MSc - Universite Paris Diderot (Paris, France), PhD - University College Dublin (Ireland)
Likes: Live Music
Dislikes: Coffee
Research Project: Viral infection and the discovery of novel RNA interference pathway in yeast of the CTG clade (Funded by Leverhulme Trust) ; Understanding genome organisation and function in non-canonical yeast species (funded by UKRI-Strength in Places)
Email: [email protected]
Chloe Uyl
PhD Student
Education: Bsc Biomedical Science (University of Kent 2018-2020), PhD in Microbiology (2020-ongoing)
Likes: Travelling
Dislikes: Lazy people
Research: Improving Second-Generation Biofuel Production: Exploiting the Natural Diversity of the Yeast Scheffersomyces stipitis (BBSRC Theme: Bioscience for renewable resources and clean growth)
Email: [email protected]
PhD Student
Education: Bsc Biomedical Science (University of Kent 2018-2020), PhD in Microbiology (2020-ongoing)
Likes: Travelling
Dislikes: Lazy people
Research: Improving Second-Generation Biofuel Production: Exploiting the Natural Diversity of the Yeast Scheffersomyces stipitis (BBSRC Theme: Bioscience for renewable resources and clean growth)
Email: [email protected]
Matt Shaw
PhD Student
Education: BSc Biological Science (Genetics)- University of Leicester (2018-2021), MSc Microbiology- University of Kent (2021-Ongoing)
Likes: Climbing and nature
Dislikes: Boris
Research: Using CRISPR-Cas9 to study the evolutionary role of genome instability in Candida albicans.
Email: [email protected]
PhD Student
Education: BSc Biological Science (Genetics)- University of Leicester (2018-2021), MSc Microbiology- University of Kent (2021-Ongoing)
Likes: Climbing and nature
Dislikes: Boris
Research: Using CRISPR-Cas9 to study the evolutionary role of genome instability in Candida albicans.
Email: [email protected]
Kheti Mhlongo
Research Technician
Education: BSc Biochemistry - University of Kent (2017-2020), MSc Biochemistry - University of Kent (2021-2022)
Likes: Bubble tea
Dislikes: Keyboards without numeric keypads
Research: Understanding genome organisation and function in non-canonical yeast species
Email: [email protected]
Research Technician
Education: BSc Biochemistry - University of Kent (2017-2020), MSc Biochemistry - University of Kent (2021-2022)
Likes: Bubble tea
Dislikes: Keyboards without numeric keypads
Research: Understanding genome organisation and function in non-canonical yeast species
Email: [email protected]
Thomas Chinnery
Research Technician
Education: MBiochemistry - University of York (2018 - 2022).
Likes: Fantasy Books.
Dislikes: The cold.
Research: Working in collaboration with HerLab
Email: [email protected]
Research Technician
Education: MBiochemistry - University of York (2018 - 2022).
Likes: Fantasy Books.
Dislikes: The cold.
Research: Working in collaboration with HerLab
Email: [email protected]
Alumni
Samuel Vega Estevez
Post-Doctoral Researcher Associate
Now Post-Doctoral Researcher Associate at University of Oxford (Tarsounas Group)
Education: Bsc Biotechnology - University of Leon (Spain), Msc in Biotechnology of Environment and Health - University of Oviedo (Spain) - PhD in Genetics - University of Kent (United Kingdom)
Likes: Filling tip boxes
Dislikes: Burocracy
Research: Epigenetics of stress-induced genome instability in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans (BBSRC Funded project)
Email: [email protected]
Post-Doctoral Researcher Associate
Now Post-Doctoral Researcher Associate at University of Oxford (Tarsounas Group)
Education: Bsc Biotechnology - University of Leon (Spain), Msc in Biotechnology of Environment and Health - University of Oviedo (Spain) - PhD in Genetics - University of Kent (United Kingdom)
Likes: Filling tip boxes
Dislikes: Burocracy
Research: Epigenetics of stress-induced genome instability in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans (BBSRC Funded project)
Email: [email protected]
Marzia Rizzo
PhD Student
Now Senior Scientist at CarryGenes
Education: BSc Biological Science - University of Messina (Italy), MSc Biology - Stockholm University (Sweden)
PhD in Microbiology (2018-ongoing)
Likes: Pizza
Dislikes: Insects
Research: Identification of mechanisms regulating Candida albicans stress-induced genome instability (funded by University of Kent)
Email: [email protected]
PhD Student
Now Senior Scientist at CarryGenes
Education: BSc Biological Science - University of Messina (Italy), MSc Biology - Stockholm University (Sweden)
PhD in Microbiology (2018-ongoing)
Likes: Pizza
Dislikes: Insects
Research: Identification of mechanisms regulating Candida albicans stress-induced genome instability (funded by University of Kent)
Email: [email protected]
Cameron Johnstone
Masters Student
Now Scientist at Novogene
Education: Bsc Biology (University of Kent 2017-2020), Msc Genetics (2020-ongoing)
Likes: D&D, weird facts and Danny DeVito
Dislikes: Centipedes and mornings
Research: Testing phenotypic expression of genes on a minichromosome within a mutant strain of the yeast Scheffersomyces stipitis
Masters Student
Now Scientist at Novogene
Education: Bsc Biology (University of Kent 2017-2020), Msc Genetics (2020-ongoing)
Likes: D&D, weird facts and Danny DeVito
Dislikes: Centipedes and mornings
Research: Testing phenotypic expression of genes on a minichromosome within a mutant strain of the yeast Scheffersomyces stipitis
