Professor Viji Draviam
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Professor of Quantitative Cell and Molecular Biology and Director of Industrial Innovation
Email: [email protected]Telephone: +44 (0)20 7882 5020Room Number: Room 4.16, Fogg Building
Profile
Research Biography:
Following a PhD from Trinity College, University of Cambridge (with Prof. Pines, Gurdon Institute, Cambridge, UK, 1998-2001), and Post-doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School (with Prof. Sorger, Cambridge, USA; 2002-07), Viji started her own research group as a Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellow at the Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge (2008-15).
Viji’s group moved to the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, QMUL in August 2015. Her research group uses a combination of high-resolution microscopy and molecular biology techniques to understand the molecular mechanisms that ensure chromosomal and genomic stability in normal and cancerous human cells.
Research in the group is funded by a variety of funding sources including the Royal Society, MRC and BBSRC.
Undergraduate Teaching
- Essential Skills for Biomedical Scientists (Tutorials) (BMD100)
- Molecules & Cells (SEFP032) - Module Organiser
- Essential Skills for Biomedical Scientists (BMD100)
- Biochemistry MSci Research Project (BIO790)
- Project Skills in the Life Sciences (BIO603)
Research
Research Interests:
Supervision
Current PhD opportunities
- How do human cells ensure the accurate segregation of chromosomes?
- A molecular study of mechanisms that drive aneuploidy in cancers