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United Kingdom

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Biochemist/Molecular Biologist driven by a desire to enrich and save lives with science.

Profile Summary

Strong research professional with experience within academic, industry, and public-sector laboratories. Experience with quality management systems, SOP generation, method/process development/improvement/troubleshooting. Scientific skills backed by an MSci and a PhD in Biochemistry

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Biochemistry
• ★ PCR
• ★ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Physical Chemistry
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Structural Biology
• ☆ Enzyme Activity Assays
• ☆ Binding Assays
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Proteomics
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Protein Sequencing
• ☆ Genome Sequencing
• ☆ Recombinant DNA
• ☆ RNA Synthesis
• ☆ DNA/Gene Synthesis
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ Kinases
• ☆ Biomolecular Engineering
• ☆ Gene Synthesis
• ☆ Blotting
• ☆ Immunohistochemistry
• ☆ Clinical Laboratory Science
• ☆ Clinical Biochemistry

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Creative Writing, Newswriting, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Market Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Processing

Product Development Product Validation, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Product Compliance , Concept Development, Device Fabrication

Work Experience

Scientist

Environment Agency

February 2021 - April 2022

Education

PhD, Biochemistry

University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne - United Kingdom

September 2016 - July 2021

MSci, Biochemistry

University of Birmingham, UK

September 2012 - August 2016

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

OTHER

Simon Booth, Katarzyna Wacnik, Vincenzo A Rao, Xinyue Chen, Lucia Lafage, Manuel Pazos, Waldemar Vollmer, Jamie K Hobbs, Richard J Lewis, Simon J Foster(2021). PBP1 of Staphylococcus aureus has multiple essential functions in cell division . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Simon Booth, Richard J. Lewis(2019). Structural basis for the coordination of cell division with the synthesis of the bacterial cell envelope . Protein Science. 28. (12). p. 2042--2054. Wiley

Simon Booth, Aurore Labourel, Arnaud Baslé, Jose Munoz-Munoz, Didier Ndeh, Sergey A. Nepogodiev, Robert A. Field, Alan Cartmell(2019). Structural and functional analyses of glycoside hydrolase 138 enzymes targeting chain A galacturonic acid in the complex pectin rhamnogalacturonan II . Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294. (19). p. 7711--7721. Elsevier {BV}