Simona Nasiscionyte

Project for Wellcome Trust SEED award investigating maintenance of neural stem cell ‘stemness’ through protein arginine methylation. My duties include immunohistochemistry (IHC) on transgenic mice, cell culture with PC12 cell line, western blotting, cloning, transformations. I have optimized IHC protocols for numerous antibodies, processed paraffin embedded tissue, designed experiments, processed and quantified the results, which were used in a follow-up grant application.

Overseeing 3 chemistry research laboratories (15 research groups with over 60 postgraduate researchers) for day-to-day basis functionality, management and maintenance of numerous departmental equipment, health and safety procedure implementation in the labs, solving various existing and arising issues in research. Hazardous waste management and disposal following the highest safety standards, fire safety and laboratory inductions, and main point of contact in case of emergencies.

Preparation, set up and supervision of various practicals in molecular, micro- and cellular biology for SBCS students reading in biological sciences. Ensuring efficient, safe and successful running of the practicals, consideration of health and safety standards, waste management, compliance with COSHH forms, careful handling of hazardous and precious reagents.

Molecular biology, Organic Chemistry, Cell Biology and pathology, Genetics and Bioinformatics, Microbial biology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Immunology, Neuroscience, Enzymology, Communication in Science and Technology, Biological Sciences Research Project, numerous others

Molecular biology, Organic Chemistry, Cell Biology and pathology, Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Mathematics