Academic history

ACADEMIC HISTORY [last updated October 2008]

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A brief history

2009 : PhD research

2008 : MSc in Information science (First); starting PhD

2007 : Working

2006 : Cataloguer at LSE Library

2005 : First information job

2004 : Research; left for New Zealand

2003 : Research

2002 : MSc by Research in the Life Sciences (Distinction)

2001 : BSc in Experimental Pathology (First)

2000 : Studying

1999 : Studying

1998 : Studying

1997 : Undergraduate at University of Edinburgh

1996 and earlier : School in the UK

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* PhD investigating information practices in the biomedical sciences, 2008-11

Research student in the Department of Information Science at City University,

expected to start October 2008.

My special interests are in philosophy of information, data curation,

scholarly communication and theories of biological information.

I have been involved in supervising Masters students in computers labs, and have

lectured a small group of students on the subject of my thesis.

My supervisor is Prof. David Bawden:

http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~dbawden/

See the link below for more about research in the Dept. of Information Science:

http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/organisation/is/research/cis/

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* MSc in Information Science at City University, 2007-08

Graduated with a First class MSc in Information Science from City University, London.

This course is one of the oldest of its type in the UK, and covers topics

ranging from information retrieval to information law and policy.

For more about the department see:

http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/organisation/is/

The MSc in Information Science is accredited by the Chartered Institute of

Library and Information Professionals.

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* Research at University of Edinburgh

Between 2002-04 I worked at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the

University of Edinburgh.

My project was with the Gene Transfer Group in the CIR and I was investigating

atherosclerosis and disease modulation using adenoviral vectors. Some of the

techniques I was using included ELISA, Western blotting, RT-PCR, microarray

and FACS analysis.

I left the lab in 2004 and moved to New Zealand.

It was time for a change of view.

For more details on my research see the following PDF files:

poster_2003.pdf

annual_report_2003.pdf

proposal_2002.pdf

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* MSc in Life Sciences from University of Edinburgh

I achieved a distinction in this MSc course, rotating through three research

projects in different labs at the University of Edinburgh.

The projects were varied and were intended to teach a broad range of

experimental methods and techniques. The areas I worked on included measuring

reproductive gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster (a fruit fly),

investigating responses of human white blood cells to different treatments and

measuring the levels of a specific protein expressed in blood vessel walls.

For the project reports, see the following PDF files:

msc_summer_report_2002.pdf

msc_spring_report_2002.pdf

msc_autumn_report_2001.pdf

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* BSc in Experimental Pathology from University of Edinburgh

My undergraduate degree is also from Edinburgh, and concentrated on disease

mechanisms in humans. It covered all sorts of conditions, from hepatitis to

cancer, and incorporated an extended 10-week lab project in the final term.

For more information see the Honours Experimental Pathology page on the

Division of Pathology website:

http://www.path.ed.ac.uk/teaching/hons.htm

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I also have three A-levels and nine GCSEs from Watford Grammar School for Boys.

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