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Meet Ria Horsley – Automation Scientist (Lighthouse)

In 50 words or less, what do you do at MDC-Lighthouse Lab? I have recently moved from the position Bioscience Lead to become part of the automation team as an automation scientist. I have the main responsibility of maintaining and troubleshooting the Hamilton machines. Soon we will also be taking the Kingfishers and PCR machines […]

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Meet Samantha McCoy – Bioscience Lead (Lighthouse)

In 50 words or less, what do you do at MDC-Lighthouse Lab? I am a bioscience lead for shift group 2. My role involves managing individual labs, in particular the Hamilton labs. I am the Hamilton super-trainer for my shift group and have trained a very large number of lab scientists to operate the Hamiltons. […]

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Meet Ian Dunlop – Head of Software Engineering

Which team do you work in and what does that team do? I work in software engineering; it sits within Informatics. I see it as the glue that holds all the things that informatics builds together. What’s your role within your team? I am the Head of Software Engineering – I try to keep things […]

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Meet Sarah George – Chief of Staff (Lighthouse)

In 50 words or less, what do you do at MDC-Lighthouse Lab? I am the Chief of Staff at the Lighthouse Lab and part of the Leadership Team for the Lab. It is a really varied role, with particular focus on our people, communications, governance and planning for the future. What is your scientific training/career […]

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Meet Beverley Isherwood – Programme Manager (Hearing Medicines Discovery Syndicate)

Which team do you work in and what does that team do? I work in the Syndicates Team – we work with UK medical research charities to create disease-focussed medicines discovery consortia, ‘Syndicates’, that address patient unmet needs, through collaboration. What’s your role within your team? I am a Programme Manager – I am responsible […]

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Meet Matt Burnham – Lead Scientist

Which team do you work in and what does that team do? The Target and Pathway Engagement team within the wider Discovery team. We look at the early stages of drug discovery. People are trying to understand what can be a fairly novel compound, and how that compound actually interacts with its target under different […]

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MDC celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science

To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we are celebrating by highlighting some of the MDC and Lighthouse Lab women who play a vital part in making drug discovery happen. Ana-Maria Tomova – Bioscience lead Ana-Maria, who has a background in biomedical science and research, completed a PhD in Cell and Molecular […]

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Meet Hervé Barjat – Bioinformatics (Tissue Image Analysis)

Which team do you work in and what does that team do? I work in the Informatics department, and more specifically, I am part of the Bioinformatics team. We use informatic tools to gather as much information as we can about disease processes and medicines discovery. What’s your role within your team? My main focus […]

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Meet Alessandra Gaeta – Syndicate Programme Director

Which team do you work in and what does that team do? I work in the Syndicates team – we work with UK medical research charities to create disease-focussed, medicines discovery consortia, ‘Syndicates’, that address patient unmet needs, through collaboration. For example, we have worked with the Cystic Fibrosis Trust to create the Cystic Fibrosis […]

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