About me

I have a BSc (hons) in Biochemistry and a PhD in haemopoiesis / leukaemia from the University of Manchester, UK.

I have since worked as a research scientist, firstly in chronic myeloid leukaemia, using a haemopoietic progenitor cell model system to examine the signalling pathways involved in this cancer. I continued my research career in the field of developmental biology/ neuroscience studying the control of proliferation/differentiation/signalling of mouse cerebellar neuronal progenitor cells during normal development, with the view to understand the mechanisms underlying childhood brain tumours such as medulloblastoma.

Since arriving in Australia, I joined the Respiratory Research Group and have been enjoying the opportunity to both expand and utilise my cell biology/cell culture expertise into human lung cells and respiratory disease.

I remain enthusiastic and interested in understanding cellular responses of all our lung cells to stimuli (eg. diet, smoking, air pollution) in health and respiratory disease and contribute to a number of our current projects on asthma and COPD.

I am experienced in a wide range of cell and molecular biology and biochemistry techniques with extensive expertise in primary cell culture, handling of primary tissue, dissections and a range of cell based assays.