• Developed a novel bioinformatic pipeline written in C++ to identify a class of small proteins regulating fundamental plant development from proteomes.• Lead and supported the development of small-scale protein purification and characterisation protocols for proteins involved in plant shade avoidance.• Wrote and contributed to the writing and critical assessment of several published manuscripts.• Analysed IsoSeq and PEATseq RNA datasets to identify novel alternatively spliced transcripts.• Advised and trained lab members in bioinformatic data analysis techniques.

• Utilised SPR and FP assays, and analytical SEC to show that pathological mutations of Rett syndrome and related neurodevelopmental disorders disrupt the formation of a critical corepressor complex• Created bacterial protein purification protocols for multiple zinc-finger protein constructs and mutants involved in a stem cell maintenance disorder using ÄKTA FPLC system.• Analysed zinc finger protein complexes using directed mutagenesis, pulldown assays and chemical crosslinking with LC-MS to determine the critical residues mediating protein-protein interactions.• Used competitive EMSA and FP binding assays to determine which specific nucleotides are critical in mediating zinc finger-DNA complex interactions.• Worked on the identification of novel protein partners of a nuclear corepressor complex using SILAC• Planned and supervised one Bachelor’s and one Master’s thesis project, and trained summer interns and visiting PhD researchers.