Shannon Massey

Thesis title: Analysing the Impact of Sexual Recombination on the Segregation of virulence genes in Trypanosoma brucei

Biography

Background

I am an MRC Precision Medicine Student based at the Roslin Institute in the division of Infection and Immunity. I work on African trypanosomes, primarily on Trypanosoma brucei - the causative agent of Human African trypanosomiasis. My PhD project involves utilising long read sequencing technologies (predominantly Oxford Nanopore Sequencing) to study the impact of sexual recombination on the segregation of VSG genes within the trypanosome genome. 

Previously, I completed my undergraduate degree and associated integrated master's course (Master of Biology; MBiol) at the University of York, where my research focused on understanding autophagy in Leishmania major with Dr Pegine Walrad and Professor Jon Pitchford. 

 

 

Qualifications

2014 - 2018:  MBiol (Master of Biology) | The University of York

Responsibilities & affiliations

Member of the British Society for Parasitology| BSP 

Student Mentor| Peer Learning and Support Scheme | Edinburgh University Students' Association 

Current research interests

Human African trypanosomiasis, Nagana

Past research interests

Leishmaniasis

Conference details

London Calling 2021 - Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Early Career Researchers Symposium

Precision Medicine (PhD with Integrated Study) (UoE lead with Glasgow) - Full-time 4 Years

Courses:

  • Recognition of Prior Learning - Precision Medicine - MCLM11053 | 90 Credits 
  • Bioinformatics 1 -  (INFR11160) | 10 Credits 

  • Zoonotic diseases in a global setting (EMND11029)| 10 Credits 

  • Neglected tropical diseases (EMND11004)| 10 Credits 

  • Introduction to Python for Biologists | Edinburgh Genomics 
  • Data Science Workflows with SnakeMake | Edinburgh Genomics 

  • Hands-On Data Visualization with ggplot2 | O'Reilly 

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