Sophie Saunders

PhD student at University of Leeds working with Affimers to explore cell signalling in cancer. Book worm. Generally interested in all things science.

[Nature Communications @NatureComms]

Scientists from @tomlinson_lab @AstburyCentre @ScienceLeeds use Affimers to identify new binding pockets in oncogenic Ras.

https://t.co/BZuQ1GVTsm

[Sophie Saunders @sophieesaunders]

Exciting to see this paper out! - RAS-inhibiting biologics identify and probe druggable pockets including an SII-α3 allosteric site https://t.co/CkHHA99cl2

[Amgen 🧪🔬🧬 @Amgen]

Today, Amgen is excited to announce the @US_FDA approval of the first and only targeted treatment specifically designed for patients with KRAS G12C-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer #NSCLC.

$AMGN

[BBC Bitesize @bbcbitesize]

Today is #WorldDownSyndromeDay.

Here, actor and Mencap ambassador George Webster dispels five myths about Down’s Syndrome.

[Down's Syndrome Association @DSAInfo]

Happy World Down Syndrome Day everyone! Join us in celebrating and spreading awareness by wearing your mismatched socks with pride AND please tag us in all your #LotsOfSocks pictures!

[Sophie Saunders @sophieesaunders]

@FuturesRosie Happy 10th birthday Rosie, birthday twin! All the best people are born on the 15th March 🥳

[Sophie Saunders @sophieesaunders]

This experiment better be worth becoming a snowman ❄️

[Sophie Saunders @sophieesaunders]

Seems my new favourite experiment planning time is the twenty minutes I have sat in my car with a coffee, waiting for the train I set off far too early for. Surprisingly quite productive.

[Tomlinsonlab@leeds @Tomlinson_lab]

We have a new PhD position available in our labs. Please apply if you’re interested or pass it on/RT if you know someone that might be.

[Sophie Saunders @sophieesaunders]

I love bonfire night! No fireworks this year but I've got pie & peas, bonfire toffee and parkin pigs 😍 so I'm happy!

[Sophie Saunders @sophieesaunders]

Who made these press conference slides? We put more effort into ours for quick updates of raw data in lab meetings 🙄

[PHD Comics @PHDcomics]

Writing

[Dr Esther Odekunle @EstOdek]

Bold of you to assume that because I’m a scientist I must know a lot about science. I can semi-confidently confirm that I know 80% of 0.0000042% of a very tiny niche area of science. And even that has taken years to achieve.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

“My wish is that this will provide a positive message to the young girls who would like to follow the path of science, and to show them that women in science can also have an impact through the research that they are performing.”

- 2020 Chemistry Laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS:
The 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”

[Sophie Saunders @sophieesaunders]

So happy to be back in the lab! Just got very excited about doing a mini-prep, I've missed the little things.

[Sophie Saunders @sophieesaunders]

So back to not being able to see my family 😢 more clarity on exactly which areas of Bradford were included in the lockdown as soon as it was announced would have caused less stress though! Effective communication is the only way this is going to work.

[Sophie Saunders @sophieesaunders]

Totally not going to use that as an excuse to buy loads of nice stationery to help me organise my life...

[Sophie Saunders @sophieesaunders]

Post lockdown life seems to contain a lot of booking calendars.