Profile
Thomas Butts
My CV
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Education:
University of Durham, 2000-2004; University of Oxford, 2005-2009.
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Qualifications:
D.Phil. (Oxon.), B.Sc. (Dunelm)
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Work History:
King’s College, London
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Current Job:
Research Scientist
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I am a researcher in the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at King’s College London. My research is centred on understanding how we make sensory neurons – the neurons that allow us to sense pain, touch and muscle position, and how they have evolved in animals. I also work on the brain and how the size of the brain has been modified during the last 500 million years of evolution.
Before coming to King’s, I read Cell Biology at the University of Durham and subsequently received my PhD from the University of Oxford in the evolution of homeobox genes, a crucial family of genes that have been central players in animal evolutionary history.
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My Typical Day:
Arrive in the lab, set up a DNA experiment, check emails, have coffee and chat, dissect some embryos (mouse, chick or frog), analyse them under a fluorescence microscope, read a scientific paper, talk about science or politics over lunch, go to lab meeting/research seminar, sit with my boss and have a scientific discussion over tea, spend rest of the day (and night sometimes!) taking photographs on confocal microscope.
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Obsessed, sometimes confused.
Were you ever in trouble at school?
Almost never – I was a massive geek.
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