Vicky Edwards Email & Phone Number

Cranfield, GB

Cranfield, England, United Kingdom

Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Euston Road, London

Sir Henry Dale Fellowship Scheme Manager and Secretary for the Sir Henry Dale Interview Committee.Biomedical Vacation Scholarship Scheme Lead.Admin Lead for the Science Interview Panel.Grants Management contact for the Education for Neuroscience initiative.Core Role - Processing grant applications for all Science schemes made to the Wellcome Trust in the.

London, United Kingdom

Action Medical Research funded postdoctoral RA. Identification of new genetic causes of hyperekplexia/startle disease using exome sequencing. Analysing array CGH data and exome sequences to identify disease causing mutations. Supervision of PhD students and visiting students in the lab by teaching them new techniques and helping them to analyse their data.

London, United Kingdom

• Ph.D. Studentship supervised by Prof. Robert J. Harvey (UCL) and Dr. Maya Topf (Birkbeck). Thesis title: Molecular insights into pathogenic mechanisms in startle disease. Submission: Sept 2012, viva passed on 8th Nov.
• Identified causative mutations by sequencing candidate genes involved in startle disease in various species using molecular biology techniques including PCR, cloning, DNA sequencing, as well as RFLP and use of the.
• Prepared wild-type and mutant DNA constructs by site-directed mutagenesis and plasmid preparation techniques.
• Built homology models of the glycine receptor and GlyT2 transporter protein using MODELLER software and also various servers for accurate fold prediction and sequence alignments.
• Analysed the structural effects of amino acid substitutions as a result of mutations, with particular interest in the glycine receptor and transporters.
• Responsible for writing and editing manuscripts before submission.In addition to my PhD studies, I was involved in teaching and demonstrating in lab practical classes for the undergraduate Pharmacy students in modules.

London, United Kingdom

School of Crystallography. Computational biology/Bioinfomatics. Molecular modeling of proteins.Research group headed by Maya Topf.

Bedford

Integral part of a team supporting a number of large ongoing projects.Developing microbiological standard material for our Candida and bacterial vaginosis (BV/Candida) infection test through organism culture, optimising conditions for their long term storage and normalising their antigen or enzyme activity in order to produce consistent quality control.

Bedford

Here I worked on the new biomarkers project for acute cardiac disease. Gaining significant experience and confidence in ELISA techniques, as my main work involved the selection and optimisation of antibodies and the development of assay sensitivity. I also carried out a range of other analytical techniques including dot blots, SDS-PAGE, western blotting.

St Neots

Various administrative duties including typing letters to clients from dictation, filing and organising the post. I was also required to take and make calls to clients, other solicitors, estate agents and banks, of which I dealt with and logged appropriately.

I worked at this pub/restaurant for many years part-time. Serving food, helping with food preparation in the kitchen, serving drinks in the bar and handling cash.I became a very well trusted and efficient employee, and excelled in customer service.

Phd, Molecular Neuroscience And Computational Biology

Ph.D. Studentship supervised by Prof. Robert J. Harvey (UCL) and Dr. Maya Topf (Birkbeck). Thesis title: Molecular insights into.

Msc Merit, Molecular Medicine

Studied for this course part-time with my job at Unipath and then SPD Development Company. Modules include: Molecular Methods.

Bsc 2:1 (Hons), Applied & Human Biology

Activities and Societies: Raise and Give (RAG) active member and Committee member 2006-2007.Modules include: Immunology, Biochemistry.