Background

2012 onwards Plant Molecular Geneticist, East Malling Reseach

2009 - 2012 PhD in Systems Biology, University of Warwick

"Investigating the Influence of Phytopathogenic Effectors Upon Host Transcription"

Supervisors: Professor Jim Beynon, Dr. Claire Hill and Dr. Jens Steinbrenner

Researching the influence of individual predicted effectors from the oomycete, Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis, and the influence of the whole effector complement of the bacteria Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000, upon transcription within Arabidopsis thaliana.

2008 - 2009 MSc Systems Biology, University of Warwick

Miniproject 1: "Microarray Data Quality and Modern Processing Techniques."

Miniproject 2: "Elucidating the host immune system: determining the role of pathogen effectors in altering transcriptional networks to suppress host immunity."

2005 - 2008 Full time employment (Business Co-ordinator, Business Development Group, Science and Technology Books, Elsevier Ltd, and a Recruitment Assistant, Reed Scientific Recruitment)

2002 - 2005 BA Biological Sciences, Magdalen College, University of Oxford

Conferences Attended

UK PlantSci 2013: Plant Science in a Changing World, University of Dundee, 16-17th April, 2013

Living With Environmental Change: Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Initiative Town Meeting, London, 14th February 2013.

EMRA / HDC Soft Fruit Day, East Malling, 21st November 2012

School of Life Sciences First Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium, University of Warwick, 26-27th May 2011

UK Plant Systems Biology Workshop, University of Edinburgh, 30-31st March 2011

Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens, 17-19th September 2010. University of Exeter

GARNet 2010 Meeting - Cells and Systems, Durham University 6-7th September

Warwick HRI Student Symposium, 6-7th May 2010

Laura dot Lewis at warwick dot ac dot uk

Laura dot Lewis at emr dot ac dot uk