After graduating with a BSc in Botany in 1976, I obtained a PGCE but then become involved in research initially with plant hormones but then in yeast genetics. The astonishing rapid development of genetics in the early 1980s was a very exciting time and I took an MSc in Biochemistry which led to a PhD in yeast genetics at the University of Sheffield. This was followed by 4 years of post-graduate research in gene regulation in yeast in Northern Sweden and a year back in Sheffield in working to express a human protein in fungal and animal cell systems. From there I obtained the lectureship here at Staffordshire University in January 1993 where I have been involved in teaching genetic and molecular biology on numerous awards and in the development of awards at undergraduate and post graduate levels.

Control of gene expression in plants and fungi Transfer of DNA evidence

Chapter 6 “The analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA):DNA profiling” in A.R.W Jackson & J.M. Jackson “Forensic Science”. Pearson Prentice Hall. 2004 and the 2nd edition in 2008