Rebecca Devine

Rebecca Devine's work experience can be summarized as follows:

- From August 2020 to the present, Rebecca has been working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the John Innes Centre. Rebecca'srole involves using genetic techniques to introduce targeted genetic mutations in antibiotic biosynthesis pathways. Rebecca also uses transcriptomic and proteomic methods to identify the mechanism of action and intracellular target of new compounds.

- From July 2019 to August 2020, Rebecca worked as a Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia. Prior to that, from October 2015 to September 2019, they were a PHD student at the same university. During their studies, Rebecca optimized a CRISPR/Cas9 protocol for Streptomyces formicae and identified the genes responsible for the production of formicamycins, new antibiotics against MRSA.

- In July and September 2017, Rebecca served as a Project Research Officer at the Government Office for Science. Rebecca supported the Government Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) and the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) by collating and presenting scientific advice, preparing talks, and assisting with global initiatives on antimicrobial resistance.

- In June and September 2015, Rebecca worked as a Scientist at Public Health England. Rebecca contributed to a project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to improve the efficacy and testing procedures of tuberculosis vaccines. Rebecca'stasks included characterizing the immunogenicity of novel lipid adjuvants and managing data handling.

- Rebecca's work experience also includes being a Final Year Project Student at the University of Manchester from October 2014 to April 2015. Rebecca'sproject focused on the cell cycle processes controlling the differentiation of pancreatic mesenchymal stem cells for transplantation therapy for Diabetes Mellitus.

- Lastly, Rebecca was a Placement Student at Public Health England from September 2013 to August 2014. Rebecca worked in the TB Drug Discovery and Evaluation Group, where they helped establish a pipeline for studying genotypic antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This involved DNA extraction, bioinformatic analysis, and mRNA microarray analysis.

Rebecca Devine obtained their Bachelor's degree in Pharmacology from The University of Manchester, where they studied from 2011 to 2015. Following this, they pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Microbiology and Molecular Biology at the University of East Anglia from 2015 to 2019.