Career history 2014-Present: Research Fellow. Inositide laboratory, Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK. 2011-2113: Postdoctoral Scientist. CRUK Inositide laboratory, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, UK. 2008-2011: Senior Research Associate. P53 Research Unit, University of York, UK. 2006-2008: Senior Research Fellow. Cancer Sciences Division, University of Southampton, UK. 1996-2006: Finnish Academy Research Fellow/Senior Research Associate. Institute of Biomedical Technology, University of Tampere, Finland. 1995-1996: Research Assistant. Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge. Academic qualifications 1995: PhD. University of Cambridge, UK.

Phosphoinositides control various cellular functions such as membrane trafficking and endocytosis and in doing so impact upon cell proliferation and apoptosis. These lipids are also present in the nucleus where their function is not completely understood. Their levels in the nucleus changes in response to external environmental inputs and some studies have implicated these changes in the regulation of nuclear functions such as transcription. We aim to understand how these lipids are regulated and what downstream functions are regulated by changes in their levels.