Staff profile

I completed my BSc in biomedical science at the University of Sheffield, where I developed a keen interest in neuroscience, in particular how molecules and cells can give rise to complex behaviors such as memory. In pursuit of this interest, I stayed in Sheffield to complete my MRes with the Lin Lab. In my MRes project, I investigated how activity levels are regulated in the Kenyon cells of fruit flies, using thermogenetics and confocal microscopy to visualise activity-dependent changes in dendritic claw morphology.

As of now, I will remain in the world of Drosophila neuroscience for my PhD at the Croset lab. The neural circuits underlying Drosophila olfactory memory are well-studied, but the molecular mechanisms driving synaptic plasticity in these circuits are not well understood. My project will focus on isolating and sequencing the transcriptome of engram Kenyon cells to uncover the molecular mechanisms of olfactory memory.