Relevant Experience
Research Assistant/ Program Manager
The Complex Disease Neurobiology Group, University of Newcastle
Newcastle, Australia and remote
Jul 2020 - Nov 2022
- Performed bioinformatics with
Plink,SAMtools - Wrote
R,python, andbashscripts - Administration for an 80 member research program
- Organised a one day conference for over 90 people
- Helped with writing grants
- Presented technical talks on statistics and biology
Event Assistant, SMART ambassador, science outreach
University of Newcastle
Newcastle, Australia
2017 - 2020
- Presented science to primary and high school students
- Ensured the smooth running of complex events with hundreds of participants and volunteers
Research Assistant
Hansbro/Horvat Lab, University of Newcastle
Newcastle, Australia
2017 - 2019
- Performed molecular biology assays
- Helped PhD students and PostDocs with laboratory tasks
- Automated formatting and analysis of qPCR data
- Research mice husbandary
Education
Masters of Biostatistics
University of Sydney, 2019-Ongoing
Masters by Research in Microbiology
University of Newcastle, 2014 - 2018
Thesis: Homologous recombination and replisome disassociation at a protein obstacle to DNA replication in E. coli
Bachelor of Biotechnology (Honours)
University of Newcastle, March 2010 - October 2014
Thesis: Frequency of Chromosome Dimer Formation Following FROS Triggered Replication Fork Arrest
Publications
microRNA and the Posttranscriptional Response to Oxidative Stress During Neuronal Differentiation: Implications for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Unpublished, submitted (November 2021)
Behnaz Khavari, Michelle M Barnett, Ebrahim Mahmoudi, Michael P Geaghan, Adam Graham, Murray J Cairns
Replication fork collapse at a protein-DNA roadblock leads to fork reversal, promoted by the RecQ helicase
22 November 2018, Molecular Microbiology
Georgia M. Weaver, Karla A. Mettrick, Tayla‐Ann Corocher, Adam Graham, Ian Grainge