Cantwell, Jessica

Jessica Cantwell

Research Assistant

Garnett Group
Translational Cancer Genomics

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This person is a member of Sanger Institute Alumni.

Jessica worked as a research assistant in the screening team for 2 years contributing to both CRISPR and drug screening projects. She moved to CRUK-TDL at the Babraham Institute in March 2022.

Research Assistant working within the Screening Team.

I work within the screening team which aims to investigate drug sensitivity in different cancer types. My responsibilities include the culture and maintenance of cancer cell lines and organoids for use in CRISPR and drug sensitivity screens.

Previous to starting at Sanger, I completed a BSc in Biochemistry and Genetics and an MSc in Translational Oncology both at the University of Sheffield.

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Research Assistant, Wellcome Sanger Institute
MSc Translational Oncology, University of Sheffield
BSc Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Sheffield

Wellcome Sanger Institute

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Cancer, Ageing and Somatic Mutation

The Cancer, Ageing and Somatic Mutation Programme pioneers data aggregation and informatics innovation, develops high-throughput cellular models of cancer for genome-wide ...