I am a Senior Research Assistant in the Technical Genomics Group.
I joined the Earlham Institute in 2015; initially working on the high throughput BAC sequencing project contributing to the reference genomes of important crops such as bread Wheat, Barley and Lolium and gaining extensive experience in sequencing operations using our suite of Illumina platforms.
I subsequently moved into the Library Construction Team and gained a breadth of experience in performing quality control on incoming samples as well as performing on bench and high throughput library construction on a range of sample types using our range of automation platforms.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, EI set up a COVID testing lab and I was part of the team responsible for preparation of reagent plates for the various workstations in the testing lab.
My current role involves running established protocols on samples to perform sample quality control, library construction and sequencing as well as being involved in the development and optimisation of new technical workflows within the group.
