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Brad Ebanks - The scientists in the lab - a series

                         Brad Ebanks - BBSRC DTP Scholar



I graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry degree in 2019. I then started my BBSRC DTP funded PhD in Lisa’s lab in September of the same year, after having a really positive experience here as a summer project student in 2018. My project is largely focussed on the role of mitochondrial haemoglobin, trying to characterise its structural and functional interactions, as well as understanding how those interactions change in the ageing process. Outside of the lab my two biggest interests are reading and travelling, and in between those two things and my research, I’m a very amateur cook.

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