Dr Victoria Gotham

Laboratory Technician (Cell Biology)

Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work

Role

I am the technician for two research groups, based in the Sinclair Annex. I am responsible for Health and Safety in the lab, overseeing the tissue culture facility, growing plants in a research greenhouse, ordering and stocktaking, dealing with maintenance issues, disposing of waste, making media and carrying out inductions for new staff and students. I am also involved in preparing for and assisting with undergraduate practicals.

Teaching and supervision

Modules taught

I provide practical support for the following modules:

Advanced Cell Biology and Bioimaging (BIOL6001)

Professional Skills and Techniques (BIOL6010)

Foundation Chemistry (BIOL3002)

Publications

Other

Other publications

Thompson MJ, Gotham VJB, Ciani B, Grasby JA, 'A conserved loop-wedge motif moderates reaction site search and recognition by FEN1'

Nucleic Acids Res. 46(15) (2018)

Tsutakawa SE, Thompson MJ, Arvai AS, Neil AJ, Shaw SJ, Algasaier SI, Kim JC, Finger LD, Jardine E, Gotham VJB, Sarker AH, Her MZ, Rashid F, Hamdan SM, Mirkin SM, Grasby JA, Tainer JA, 'Phosphate steering by Flap Endonuclease 1 promotes 5'-flap specificity and incision to prevent genome instability'

Nat Commun 8 (2017)

Gotham VJ, Hobbs MC, Burgin R, Turton D, Smythe C, Coldham I, 'Synthesis and activity of a novel inhibitor of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay'

Org Biomol Chem 14 (5) (2016)

Algasaier SI, Exell JC, Bennet IA, Thompson MJ, Gotham VJ, Shaw SJ, Craggs TD, Finger LD, Grasby JA, 'DNA and Protein Requirements for Substrate Conformational Changes Necessary for Human Flap Endonuclease-1-catalyzed Reaction'

J Biol Chem 291 (15) (2016)