Emma Punch Email & Phone Number

-Responsible for the management of TEMs and sample preparation laboratories.-Training research scientists on sample preparation, TEM usage and data processing.-Preparing TEM grids of protein complexes and adherent mammalian cells.-Screening samples, optimising imaging conditions, and setting up automatic data collections for single particle analysis and tilt series.-Analysing and processing data using several different software.

-Optimising negative staining and vitrification protocols.-Data Collection on Tecnai T10 and T12 using TIA, DM and SerialEM.-Purification of soluble and membrane-bound 80S ribosomes from cell-free systems.-Analytical and biophysical characterisation of recombinant protein.-Cell biology.-Management of two students research projects

Leeds, United Kingdom

Structural biology of orthonairoviruses by cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomography.Structure based drug design for anti-viral therapeutics aimed at nucleocapsid protein-RNA interactions.Cryo-ET project directly fed into the discovery that potassium channel blockers available over-the-counter could be used as successful prophylactic treatment for CCHFV, an emerging human pathogen.

National Heart And Lung Institute, Royal Brompton Hospital, London

Maternity Cover.Working as part of the research team on a clinical trial to treat cystic fibrosis with gene therapy.Clinical research involved collecting and processing human samples directly from Royal Brompton Hospital.Non-clinical research involved expressing recombinant membrane protein, culturing mammalian cells, performing molecular biology techniques, involvement in lentiviral vector production.

60 Whitfield Street, London

Education record

Bsc Hons, Biomedical Sciences, General, 2:1