Mr Conor Clarkson (MSci)

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Contact details

Address

Street

The Queen's Medical Research Institute,
Edinburgh BioQuarter,
47 Little France Crescent

City
Edinburgh
Post code
EH16 4TJ

Biography

Background

I obtained a MSci in Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry in 2025 from the University of Glasgow. During my degree, I worked as a researcher in the Institute of Molecular Bioscience (IMB) at the University of Queensland (2023-2024) and at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (2024). My research specialised in the biochemistry of proteins found in the venom of medically significant Cubozoa. 

After my degree, I obtained a PhD position studying the molecular profile of lipids to understand the mechanisms of pancreas lipotoxicity in type 2 diabetes (T2D), under the co-supervision of Dr Ahmad Al-Mrabeh and Prof. David Clarke at the Centre for Cardiovascular Science. This project integrates mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) with in vitro cell-based studies to uncover potential therapeutic targets to treat T2D.

 

Research summary

T2D Diabetes.

Lipidomics

Protein Biochemistry

Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Pancreas Endocrinology

Proteomics 

Current research interests

T2D Diabetes. Lipidomics Protein Biochemistry Mass Spectrometry Imaging Pancreas Endocrinology

Past research interests

Venom Biochemistry Peptide Chemistry Asymmetric Synthesis Cubozoa

Project activity

High-resolution molecular profiling of lipids to understand the mechanisms of pancreas lipotoxicity in T2D.

Current project grants

East-Bio

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