Dr Lynne Braidwood
Lynne joined Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) in 2021 as part of the Business Development Team. She supports MDC’s capabilities in Cellular Sciences, Translational Imaging, and Biomarkers. In this role, Lynne collaborates with pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, SMEs, and academic researchers, helping them develop and execute studies by leveraging MDC’s expertise, technology, and wet lab capabilities. […]
Adriana Gambardella
Adriana joined Medicines Discovery Catapult in 2023 as part of the Virtual Research and Development team to help SMEs develop their strategies and re-disk their programmes. Building on over 18 years of research experience within academia and industry (both CROs and biotech companies), working on translational research and drug discovery programmes across different disease areas, […]
Catherine Eagle
Catherine has over 10 years of experience in the biotech industry, primarily in drug discovery with a focus on immuno-oncology and translational science. Catherine has an MSc by Research in cancer cell biology from the University of Bristol. She has expertise in establishing methods to assess drug mechanism, target engagement and PD biomarkers in both […]
William Drewe
William joined Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) in 2021 and is a member of the Business Development Team supporting MDC’s Translational Imaging capability. In this role William works to support pharmaceutical companies, SMEs and academic researchers develop and execute pre-clinical imaging studies by connecting them with MDC’s expertise, technology and wet-lab capabilities. William has a research […]
Jonathan Thomas
Since joining Medicines Discovery Catapult in April 2022 as a Business Development Manager, Jonathan has worked with the Biomarkers team, supporting SMEs, academics, and drug discovery researchers in identifying suitable biomarkers and clinical approaches for their drug or asset development. Jonathan’s passion for innovation has led him to excel in commercial roles within the Life […]
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 Tara Bowen
Dr Tara Bowen obtained her PhD in Biosciences from the University of Birmingham in 2023. As part of a collaboration between Prof Mark Viant’s Metabolomics and System Toxicology laboratory and AstraZeneca, Tara’s research focused on developing and implementing mass spectrometry-based metabolomics workflows as a strategy towards discovering predictive biomarkers of drug-induced cardiotoxicity. Tara’s current focus at […]