Profile – Disease Detectives Zone

Education:

Gravesend Grammar School for Girls,
University of the Creative Arts,
University of Nottingham.
Qualifications:

GCSEs,
A levels,
Foundation Degree in Art and Design,
Masters Degree (MSci) Human Genetics.
Work History:

Working on the till at a clothes Shop.
Working at a holiday club for children with disabilities.
Working as a one to one carer with children with disabilities and their families.
Office assistant.
Advanced Research Asisstant- working in the lab understanding developmental diseases and then infectious diseases.
Current Job:

Senior Research Asisstant

About Me:

I am a researcher in a genetics lab, working with stem cells to understand more about human health and disease.

In my free time I dive, coach children and paint.
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I live in Cambridgeshire in a house in the countryside. I love being able to go for long walks round the local Nature reserve, you always spot a new creature or flower! Sometimes I help with gardening there or creating new habitats for animals.

I also enjoy Springboard and highboard diving in the evenings and also teach children how to learn to dive.

I also like to paint pictures.
My Typical Day:

I get up early to start in the lab. I warm up the food for the stem cells and look at them under the microscope to see how they are growing.

I would spend most of the day in the lab running experiments and may have to attend talks and meetings about new scientific discoveries. In the afternoon I spend time on the computer looking at results from experiments, planning my next experiments and sending emails to other scientists.

Eve Coomber