Dr Rebecca Kelly
Rebecca joined MDC as a postdoctoral scientist in April 2021 following her PhD at the University of Liverpool. Her PhD focused on research into cancer cell migration and invasion using 3D spheroid culture and a range of microscopy modalities, including confocal, TIRF and light sheet. Within the microscopy team, Rebecca specialises in confocal and high-content […]
Dr Lorna Fitzpatrick
Lorna is a Lead scientist with over ten years’ of experience in molecular biology and genetic engineering in primary, stem and cancer cells. Lorna has a PhD from St. George’s University of London and carried out post-doctoral research at Manchester Metropolitan University before joining Medicines Discovery Catapult. In her current role, Lorna develops reporter models […]
Dr Kerry Shea
Kerry has extensive expertise in drug discovery, primarily within the neuroscience and oncology disease areas. She has previously held roles at AstraZeneca and the DNA repair biotech company, KuDOS Pharmaceuticals, where she led oncology drug discovery projects from target identification through to candidate drug selection. At MDC she established a cell models capability in neuroscience […]
Dr Eve Corrie
Eve joined Medicines Discovery Catapult in January 2022 following her PhD in Biomedical Science at the University of Sheffield. There she focused on research into the mechanisms of chronic neuropathic pain and the use of novel, retargeted botulinum toxins to prevent or reverse it. As part of a MRC iCASE studentship, she gained experience of […]
Dr Emma Jones
Emma is a lead scientist with more than 15 years of experience investigating neuronal and glial cell function in the developing and diseased CNS across academic and industrial settings. Emma has a PhD from the University of Manchester and carried out postdoctoral research at McGill University (Montreal, Canada). In her role at Medicines Discovery Catapult, […]
Dr Lauren Toms
Lauren is a Senior Scientist in Single Molecule Localisation Microscopy (SMLM) with over six years’ of experience using and optimising super-resolution microscopy techniques. Lauren has a PhD from the University of Manchester, where she used advanced microscopy to investigate the ultrastructure of proteins in cardiac myocytes in health and heart failure. At Medicines Discovery Catapult, […]