Ella Waters Email & Phone Number

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

Full-time campus-based PhD research student at the Open University.Thesis title: Investigating the role of a long non-coding RNA in neurodevelopment and brain cancer.My research is to characterize and identify a function for an understudied lncRNA in neurodevelopment and gliomas, using in vitro cell culture, molecular biology techniques such as RT-qPCR, and microscopy techniques e.g. fluorescent microscopy.Supervised by Dr Francesco Crea, Dr Christopher Heath and Dr Mark Hirst.Conference proceedings:CRUK brain tumour conference, London, September 2022 - poster50 years of neuroscience at the OU conference, Milton Keynes, May 2022 - talkOU-ARC cancer cluster conference, Milton Keynes, November 2021 - talkYearly internal presentations of progress.Student conference presentations.Other activities:Feb ‘23 - Teaching laboratory demonstrator - Teaching undergraduate students molecular biology techniques and GLP.Sept ’21 - Production module contributor – Reviewing teaching material for S290 (2nd year Undergraduate module).

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Biomedical Sciences, General, Pass With Minor Corrections

Activities and Societies: Student board representative (2019-present), STEM student representative (2020-2022), skills sessions organiser.

Master Of Science - Ms, Biomedical Sciences, General, Pass

1-year full-time wet laboratory MSc by research, studying the role of a gene in ER-positive breast cancer epigenetics. Supervised by Dr.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology, General, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Roc Soc, Badminton Final year project: The impact of blocking VEGF-A on adrenomedullin-induced effects.

A Level, Biology, Chemistry, Geography