Meet Ioannis: Ioannis started his PhD at the University of Leeds in 2017 studying the molecular mechanisms of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) function in X chromosome inactivation across mammalian gestation evolution (see more here). He is now working as an Editor for two scientific journals published by FEBS Press, Molecular Oncology and FEBS Open Bio. We asked him about his career and any advice that he has for current students …
Read moreCareers spotlight – Ioannis Tsagakis, Journal editor
Meet Andrew: Andrew started his PhD at the University of York in 2016 studying the heterogeneity of bone marrow stromal cells (see more here). He is now the manager of Brandeis University’s Light Microscopy Facility. We asked Andrew about his career and any advice that he has for current students…
Read moreCareers Spotlight – Andrew Stone, Light microscopy facility manager
Meet Katie: Katie started her PhD at the University of York in 2018 studying the role of non-coding RNAs in immunity (see more here). She is now a post-doctoral research associate in the Hitchcock lab at the University of York, funded by Blood Cancer UK. We asked Katie about her career and any advice that she has for current students …
Read moreCareers spotlight – Katie West, Post-doctoral research associate
Meet Alex: Alex started her PhD at the University of Leeds in 2018 and finished with her viva in December of 2022. We have asked Alex all about her career, as well as any advice that she has for current students considering a career in academia.
Read moreCareers Spotlight: Alex Holmes, Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds
In this series of blogs we have been contacting past BBSRC-funded students to talk about their careers after the PhD. The aim is to show you the variety of jobs a PhD can help you obtain!
In this second post we talked to Oliver Severn, who is a Quality, S&S and Research Manager at Singer Instruments. Ollie completed his PhD in 2018 at the University of Nottingham. He studied Quorum Sensing System B and how it affects the production of butanol by Clostridium acetobutylicum.
Read moreCareers Spotlight: Oliver Severn, Singer Instruments
We caught up with Caitlin McQueen, one of our DTP alumni who graduated in 2018 from the University of York, current postdoc in the Towers lab at The University of Sheffield, to find out a little bit more about her career path!