Meet Dr Rebecca 'Becky' Dodd, a postdoc in Professor Judi Allen's lab with a sweet spot for glycosaminoglycans! Becky shares her research on lung repair, her role championing fellow postdocs, and life beyond the lab - from gym sessions to keeping her Duolingo streak...
Meet Argyro Olympitis, a Wellcome Trust Immunomatrix in Complex Disease PhD student exploring how matrix changes in glioblastoma influence immune responses and cancer progression. From a childhood in the British Virgin Islands to competing on University Challenge,...
Dr Nicholas Scott is an Experimental Officer originally hailing from Melbourne, Australia, and now based at the Lydia Becker Institute here in Manchester. His research journey has taken him from type 1 diabetes studies in Melbourne and Birmingham to COVID-19 immune...
Charles Gyasi is a PhD student from our Wellcome Trust Immunomatrix in Complex Disease PhD Programme based in the Grencis Lab. Hailing from Ghana, read all about Charles's exciting research journey, starting with early work on malaria and neglected tropical diseases...
Iashia Mulholland is a PhD student from our Wellcome Trust Immunomatrix in Complex Disease PhD Programme based in the Dyer Lab. Read about Iashia's non-traditional journey into academia, how she realised her love for research and lab work, her work on the endothelial...
Rachel Finlay is a PhD student from our Wellcome Trust Immunomatrix in Complex Disease PhD Programme based in the Heprowth Lab. Find out about how an MSci in Cell Biology at UCL led to Rachel applying to be a PhD student here at the Becker, her current research...
Rodrigo Díaz Pino is a Research Associate based in the Lopez-Castejon Lab here at the Becker. Read about Rodrigo's journey from Chile to Manchester, diverse research experiences ranging from investigating respiratory diseases to exploring the complexities of...
Irene Nambuya is a Research Technician based in the MacDonald Lab. Read about Irene's start in research at the MRC/Uganda Virus Research Institute, how a merit scholarship opportunity at The University of Manchester ultimately led to her work with the MacDonald...
Meet Brian Chan, a Research Technician and 4th-floor AV Hill Lab Manager based in the Allen Lab. In this Becker Profile find out how Brian discovered his love of parasites in Glasgow which then led to a career path working on various research projects in...
For our latest Becker Profile we spoke to Nabina Pun, a final-year CRUK-funded PhD student based in the Dyer Lab. Nabina shares her journey from Berkshire to the labs of Manchester, delving into her passion for immunology and her groundbreaking research on how...
