Laboratory Manager

Vicky joined the WLST in January 2022 and is responsible for laboratory organisation, procurement; sample logistics and compliance; risk and COSHH assessments. She also provides wet-lab based support for experimental research within the Haniffa faculty.

Prior to joining the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Vicky completed a PhD in developmental neuroscience, focusing on the neurogenesis of cerebellar granule cell neurons. She then worked as a postdoctoral research fellow looking into the molecular mechanisms underlying cell fate switches during glia-to-neuron transdifferentiation events.