Grace Haydon
Grace graduated with a BSc in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Bath in 2021. Following her degree, she gained valuable experience in Oncology drug discovery at a biotech company before joining Medicines Discovery Catapult as an Associate Scientist in the Biomarkers team in 2023. In her current role, Grace specialises in a variety of […]
Timothy Rudd
Timothy is an expert in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology and library preparation methods; his experience developed through 5 years within genomics service and scientific positions, utilising instruments from several leading genomics companies, including Illumina, 10X Genomics and MGI tech. After completing an epigenetics Honours project within Professor Stan Gronthos’ Mesenchymal Stem Cell Laboratory (South […]
Regine Anderson
After completing a Master’s Degree in Advanced Biomedical Sciences at De Montfort University, Regine began working as a biobank tissue co-ordinator for Nottingham University Hospitals, managing donor consent and tissue preservation. She later joined the University Hospitals of Leicester as part of a team enlisted to manage an Emergency Department ‘hot’ lab, performing urgent biochemistry […]
Dr Robert Pedley
Robert joined Catapult in 2023 following a PhD in molecular Cancer Studies at the University of Manchester, investigating spatiotemporal protein-protein interactions in response to cytotoxic chemotherapies, and postdoctoral research posts utilising spatial biology techniques (high-plex immuno-staining, laser-capture microdissection in conjunction with LC-MS/MS) to identify biomarker of cancer risk in at-risk patient cohorts. Robert’s current interests […]
Dr Andrzej Rutkowski
While in academia, Andrzej worked in different scientific fields, from oncofoetal antigens to herpes viruses. His projects revolved around changes in gene expression, which is where he developed an array of skills transferrable to biomarker research. While in AstraZeneca, he developed and multiplexed droplet digital PCR assays and used them to monitor cancer-related mutations in […]
Dr Maike Langini
M.Sc. Maike Langini obtained her Master’s degree in Bio- and Pharmaceutical Analysis at the Fresenius university of applied sciences in Idstein (Germany). She is finishing her PhD in chemistry at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Germany) with Prof Kai Stühler in the Molecular Proteomics Laboratory. Previous research focused on lncRNA based perturbations of protein signatures […]
Dr Philippa Hart
Philippa’s interest in MS imaging began during her PhD studies with the application of MALDI in the group of Prof. Malcolm Clench. Philippa has over 13 years of experience in the field gained in both academia and industry, including roles at both Shimadzu and Waters. During this time she gained experience in clinical applications of […]
Dr Michael Eyres
Michael joined Medicines Discovery Catapult as an intern at the start of 2019 at the end of his PhD in Oncology at Oxford University. Michael stayed at MDC to volunteer at the Lighthouse COVID test labs at the start of the pandemic and then joined MDC as a senior scientist in spatial biomarkers. Now he […]
Dr Lucy Frost
Following a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Warwick, Lucy joined Medicines Discovery Catapult in April 2021 as a Postdoctoral Scientist. Lucy has a key role in the biomarkers team to develop bioinformatic tools and pipelines for the visualisation and interpretation of transcriptomic data. Lucy combines knowledge in molecular biology with bioinformatic techniques […]