Postdoctoral Research Associate: Glover Group
Evolutionary genetics and developmental biology
Department of Genetics
University of Cambridge
Downing street
Cambridge CB2 3EH
email: alb84[at]cam.ac.uk
Biography:
2017 - Present: Post-Doctoral Research Associate. Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK
2015 - 2017: Post-Doctoral Research Associate. Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK
2011 - 2015: PhD in Developmental Biology. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK
2009 - 2011: MSc in Biotechnology. Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
2003 - 2009: BSc Double Major in Biochemistry and Biology. University of Victoria, Canada
Research Interests
Development, Evolution, Fertility, Genomics, and Centrosomes
Methods and techniques: Nanopore DNA sequencing, Illumina RNA sequencing, CRISPR/Cas9 genomic engineering, old school fly genetics, and a sprinkle of microscopy.
Current project: Alternative functions of the pericentriolar material during development and the evolution of different reproductive strategies.
Key Publications
Malmberg, J., Perols, A., Varasteh, Z., Altai, M., Braun, A., Sandstrom, M., Garske, U., Tolmachev, V., Orlova, A., and Karlstrom, A.E. (2012). Comparative evaluation of synthetic anti-HER2 Affibody molecules site-specifically labelled with 111In using N-terminal DOTA, NOTA and NODAGA chelators in mice bearing prostate cancer xenografts. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 39, 481-492.