Degree: Biochemistry BA, University of Oxford (1991) Postgraduate Research Assistant in the laboratory of Professor Ann Harris,Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford (1991-1993) DPhil: University of Oxford (1996) Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the laboratory of Professor Jean-Louis Carpentier, Department of Morphology, University of Geneva, Switzerland (1996-1998) Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the laboratory of Professor Richard Trembath, Department of Genetics, University of Leicester (1998-2005) Research Councils UK Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester (2005-2010) Lecturer, University of Leicester (2010 - 2013) Senior Lecturer, University of Leicester (2013 - )

Nuclear envelope function and its role in human disease, with a focus on the nucleo-cytoskeletal linker proteins, SUN1 and SUN2. Current projects include: Investigating the role of SUN proteins in myonuclear positioning during muscle development Identifying muscle disease-associated mutations in SUN1 and SUN2 and investigating their effects on muscle differentiation and myonuclear positioning Characterizing mitotic SUN protein phosphorylation and its role in nuclear envelope breakdown