Emma Gearing, our 2nd Tricia Cohen Prize Studentship
Emma joined Adrian Saurin’s research team in the Division of Genome Integrity at the University of Dundee in September 2024. Emma’s project explores the role of protein phosphatases during the cell division cycle. It is well known how kinases control many aspects of the cell cycle, but the phosphatases that oppose their action are poorly understood due in part to the lack of reagents needed to inhibit them specifically. Emma is using novel techniques established by the Saurin lab to precisely and rapidly inhibit phosphatases at different stages of the cell division cycle in order to study their functions.
About Emma Gearing.
Emma was raised in Grantown-on-Spey, a small town in the Scottish Highlands 34 miles southeast of Inverness. She was educated at Grantown Grammar School where she was awarded the “ Peter Moir Medal for Scientific Achievement”. When not doing science, Emma likes to spend time in the Scottish Highlands and to view its wildlife. She also enjoys cooking and is a trained Chef. Her mother runs a small restaurant in Grantown-on-Spey, called the Wee Puffin.
Emma Gearing at the entrance of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee
