Emma Duncan
Emma comes from Lincolnshire and did her degree in Human Biology at Loughborough University, followed by a masters in Molecular Biology at the University of Nottingham. She moved down to London in 2010 to become a research assistant for a couple of years at Queen Mary University of London, where she worked on the regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis with Prof Carol Shoulders.
Emma stayed at Queen Mary University for another 4 years to do a PhD with Prof Paul Chapple, where she identified that cell organelle defects and disruptions to protein homeostasis are implicated in a rare cerebellar ataxia.
She is now in her first post-doc position with Simon where she is investigating the role that DYRKs have in the regulation of the signalling scaffold protein p62/SQSTM1, which is important for autophagy, nutrient sensing and cellular stress responses.
Outside work Emma enjoys many sports including cycling, rock climbing, swimming and running.
Latest Publications
Hey F, Andreadi C, Noble C
Heliyon
4 2405-8440:e01065 (2018)
PMID: 30603699
Prescott JA, Cook SJ
Cells
7 2073-4409: (2018)
PMID: 30142927
Kidger AM, Sipthorp J, Cook SJ
Pharmacology & therapeutics
1879-016X: (2018)
PMID: 29454854
Kidger AM, Cook SJ
The FEBS journal
285 1742-4658:42-45 (2018)
PMID: 29314599
Dautova Y, Kapustin AN, Pappert K
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology
1095-8584: (2017)
PMID: 29274344
Darling NJ, Balmanno K, Cook SJ
PloS one
12 1932-6203:e0184907 (2017)
PMID: 28931068
Cook SJ, Stuart K, Gilley R
The FEBS journal
1742-4658: (2017)
PMID: 28548464
Sipthorp J, Lebraud H, Gilley R
Bioconjugate chemistry
1520-4812: (2017)
PMID: 28449575
Galloway A, Saveliev A, Łukasiak S
Science (New York, N.Y.)
352 1095-9203:453-9 (2016)
PMID: 27102483
Lochhead PA, Clark J, Wang LZ
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)
15 1551-4005:506-18 (2016)
PMID: 26959608
Branco MR, King M, Perez-Garcia V
Developmental cell
36 1878-1551:152-63 (2016)
PMID: 26812015
Caunt CJ, Sale MJ, Smith PD
Nature reviews. Cancer
15 1474-1768:577-92 (2015)
PMID: 26399658