Core Parasitology (3122) – term 1

• ‘Human African trypanosomiasis’ – An overview of the biology of Trypanosoma brucei and the disease it causes.

Recombinant DNA Techniques (3131) – term 2

• ‘Gene Structure & Expression’ – An overview of gene organisation in various organisms and some of the techniques used to explore it and its impact on expression.

Advanced Training in Molecular Biology (3158) – term 2
Deputy module organiser (since academic year 2022/23; module organiser 2013/14-2021/22).

• ‘Chromosome Structure & Organisation’ – How DNA is organised and compacted in the nucleus, and how this influences gene expression in eukaryotes.
• ‘Epigenetics’ – The roles of DNA methylation and histone modification in regulating gene expression in eukaryotes.
• ‘Scientific writing‘ – how to write a scientific paper.

Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (3169) – term 3

• ‘Anti-Protozoal Drug Resistance: Trypanosomatids’ – In this lecture I present our current understanding of the mechanisms of drug resistance in Leishmania and Trypanosoma, including details of some of the approaches used in this area of research.
• ‘Drug sensitivity assays’ – A lecture and laboratory practical covering EC50 determination in protozoal parasites (Crithidia) and human cells.

Molecular and Cell Biology of Infectious Diseases (3260) – term 3

• ‘Trypanosoma brucei immune evasion strategies’ – The African trypanosome evades the adaptive immune system via antigenic variation of its surface coat, while the human infective sub-species employ additional strategies to circumvent the trypanolytic factors found in human serum. This lecture addresses the latest advances in these two areas.

Research Degree Management

Since 2021 Joint Head of Doctoral College (LSHTM)

2020-2021 Faculty Research Degree Director (Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases)

2014-2020 Departmental Research Degree Coordinator (Department of Infection Biology)