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Hire Dr. Abigail H.

United Kingdom

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PhD in molecular and cell biology - expertise in brain tumour biology and gene therapy

Profile Summary

I am a PhD-qualified cell biologist specializing in gene therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. I have extensive experience in experimental design, data analysis, and literature review, and provide expert consultation for research projects, clinical development, and grant applications.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Membrane Biology
• ☆ Gene Regulation
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Biomarker Discovery
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Primary Cells
• ☆ 3D Cell Culture
• ☆ Blotting

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis

Work Experience

Postdoc

University of Bristol

October 2024 - Present

PhD student

University of Bristol

October 2019 - Present

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

University of Bristol

September 2020 - January 2025

Masters (Science) Biochemistry

University of Bristol

September 2015 - June 2019

Certifications

• PhD

  University of Bristol

  January 2025 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Abigail J. Harland, Claire M. Perks (2025). IGFBP-2 and IGF-II: Key Components of the Neural Stem Cell Niche? Implications for Glioblastoma Pathogenesis . International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Abigail J. Harland, Claire M. Perks (2025). IGFBP-2 and IGF-II: Key Components of the Neural Stem Cell Niche? Implications for Glioblastoma Pathogenesis . International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Claire M. Perks, Rachel M. Barker, Mai Alhadrami, Omar Alkahtani, Emily Gill, Mary Grishaw, Abigail J. Harland, Peter Henley, Haonan Li, Ellie O’Sullivan, et al. (2025). Curious Dichotomies of Apolipoprotein E Function in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cancer—One Explanatory Mechanism of Inverse Disease Associations? . Genes.

Claire M. Perks, Rachel M. Barker, Mai Alhadrami, Omar Alkahtani, Emily Gill, Mary Grishaw, Abigail J. Harland, Peter Henley, Haonan Li, Ellie O’Sullivan, et al. (2025). Curious Dichotomies of Apolipoprotein E Function in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cancer—One Explanatory Mechanism of Inverse Disease Associations? . Genes.

Abigail J. Harland, Claire M. Perks, Paul White, Kathreena M. Kurian, Hannah R. Barber (2023). Insulin‐like growth factor binding protein‐2 and glucose‐regulated protein 78 kDa: Potential biomarkers affect prognosis in IDH‐wildtype glioblastoma patients . Cancer Medicine.

Blee JA, Liu X, Harland AJ, Fatania K, Currie S, Kurian KM, Hauert S (2022). Liquid biopsies for early diagnosis of brain tumours: <i>in</i> <i>silico</i> mathematical biomarker modelling . Journal of the Royal Society, Interface.

Abigail Harland, Xia Liu, Mattia Ghirardello, M. Carmen Galan, Claire M. Perks, Kathreena M. Kurian(2021). Glioma Stem-Like Cells and Metabolism: Potential for Novel Therapeutic Strategies . Frontiers in Oncology. 11. Frontiers Media {SA}

Lalaurie CJ, Dufour V, Meletiou A, Ratcliffe S, Harland A, Wilson O, Vamasiri C, Shoemark DK, Williams C, Arthur CJ, et al. (2018). The de novo design of a biocompatible and functional integral membrane protein using minimal sequence complexity . Scientific reports.

PREPRINT

Claire M. Perks, Rachel M. Barker, Mai Alhadrami, Omar Alkahtani, Emily Gill, Mary Grishaw, Abigail J. Harland, Peter Henley, Haonan Li, Ellie O&#39;Sullivan, et al. (2025). Curious Dichotomies of Apolipoprotein E Function in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cancer—One Explanatory Mechanism of Inverse Disease Associations? .

WORKING PAPER

Curious Dichotomies of Apolipoprotein E Function in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cancer—One Explanatory Mechanism of Inverse Disease Associations? .