I am currently working in the School of Biology at Newcastle University on an EPSRC funded project with Dr Thomas Howard (School of Biology, Newcastle University), Dr David Fulton (School of Chemistry, Newcastle University), Dr Jonathan Fieldsend (Computer Science, University of Exeter) and Professor John Love (Biosciences, University of Exeter). Together with Dr Alice Banks, we aim to develop a cell free protein expression system embedded in a stimuli responsive hydrogel for use as a sensitive detection device.