ANDREW BATES

PhD student

Andy completed his MRes project in our group in academic year 2024-2025, he clearly enjoyed studying meiotic proteins as he agreed to stay in our group for a PhD which started in October 2025.

Since joining our group Andy has:

1. Contributed to important works from our group

C Brennan, OV Grinchuk, M Pachon, IF Sou, CJ Fawcett, CG Nogueira, M Guthrie, AD Bates, M Hine, A Thomaz, Z Hu, AB Fielding, OR Davies, W-W Tee, UL McClurg (2025) Moonlighting Role of Meiotic SYCP1 in Breast Cancer: A Chromatin-Bound Regulator of DNA Repair, Transcription, and Drug Resistance. BioRxiv

2. Gave oral presentations at prestigious meetings including 92nd Harden Conference on Germ Cell Cancer Genes 2025 and British Meiosis Meeting 2025