Profile
Jennifer Tullet
My CV
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Education:
Fort Pitt Grammar School then University of Kent (BSc) then Imperial College (PhD)
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Qualifications:
GCSE’s, A levels, BSc in Biochemistry, PhD in Molecular Genetics.
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Work History:
Alldays convenience store, Kent county council, pubs, coffee shops, an X-ray department and then Harvard for 3 years after my PhD and ever since at UCL.
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Current Job:
Post doctoral Scientist
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Our medicine and lifestyle has improved so much over the years so we are now living much much longer! This is quite an achievement but the down side is that more people suffer from age related diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s and diabetes.
Myself and other scientists like to research ageing using worms because they don’t live very long but do have a lot of similarities to humans. Amazingly, scientists have found that changing the genetic makeup or environment that the worms live in can make them live twice as long but also delay or improve the symptoms of the nasty age related diseases.
My research aims to understand these genetic and environmental changes in detail. The hope is that in the future we might be able to use them to improve the health of old people.
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My Typical Day:
Check on my worms, computer work, thinking, coffee (repeat) – but really every day is a bit different!
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Happy, Curious, Calm.
Were you ever in trouble at school?
No, I was as good as gold – how boring is that!
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