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| 20 Dec 2023 | |
| Written by Narelle Morson | |
| The Cornelian Lectures |
Claire’s talk was entitled "What is a scientist? One early career researchers' journey through academia". It was facinating listening for anyone interested in science. To listen, please click the link below.
Dr Claire Duncan - What is a Scientist?
Post-doctoral Research Fellow and Bioinformatician within the Paediatric Infectious Disease group, Claire joined Imperial as an undergraduate student in October 2014 and has since completed her Bachelors BSc (Biology), Masters (Bioinformatics) and PhD (Infectious Disease) at the University.
Claire's PhD specifically focused on developing new methods to predict patient prognosis from transcriptomic signatures in whole blood samples. Her research area focused on the transcriptomics of infectious disease in general, including understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying asymptomatic malaria infections and comparing human malarial infections to mouse models of disease at this level.
In 2022, Claire was joint-awarded, the Provosts Awards for Excellence in Animal Research along with her colleagues from the section. She is currently working on RNA-Seq data generated from the DIAMONDS project and is hoping to expand the prototype analysis method developed during her PhD to a clinically viable prognostic tool.
