CONOR FAWCETT

Conor started his MRC DiMeN funded PhD in our lab in October 2023. He joined us after completing his MRes in the laboratory of Dr Gabrielle Grundy where he studied the impact of radiotherapy in cancer.

Since joining our group Conor has:

1. Won runner up best poster prize at the British Meiosis 2025 Meeting

2. 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

3. Gave oral presentations at prestigious meetings including 92nd Harden Conference on Germ Cell Cancer Genes 2025