Biography: I gained a BSc in Biomedical Sciences in 2019 and a Master of Research degree in Infection Biology in 2020, both from the University of Manchester. Throughout my university education I worked on projects researching both Plasmodium and Schistosoma parasites.  Since then, I have worked in the UK lighthouse laboratory network in the national effort to provide COVID-19 PCR tests to people across the UK during the pandemic, as well as spending a year in Berlin working at the Institute for Tropical Medicine and International Health at the Charité University Hospital on a number of Malaria and Ascaris based research projects.

Role: I joined the Marti group as a lab technician in June 2022, and my role consists primarily of providing technical support to researchers. I work closely alongside our lab manager Gillian to ensure smooth day-to day functioning of the lab by maintaining lab stocks and performing equipment maintenance. I also contribute to the research outputs of the lab by performing assays, mostly as part of a project under the supervision of senior postdoc Priscilla, which broadly consists of investigating the dynamics of antigen expression by P. falciparum gametocytes.