Dr Aleks Gontarczyk
Advanced Research Assistant
A degree in Genetics from the University of Sheffield has enabled Aleks to find a position in at Horizon Discovery, Cambridge, where he carried out gene editing for clients. He then moved on to do a PhD at the University of East Anglia under supervision of Dr Stephen Robinson, where he focused on angiogenesis in cancer. Aleks’ research group relocated to the Quadram Institute in Norwich at the end of his PhD, which he completed in 2019. He then expanded his scientific portfolio by investigating the gut microbiome and how it influences the vascular system (in the same group), as well as the gut-liver axis under supervision of Dr Naiara Beraza, also at the Quadram. During the pandemic, he moved to a Covid-19 diagnostic testing lab, which was set up to aid the Microbiology department at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Aleks joined the Gene Editing R & D team at the Sanger in the summer of 2021 to setup, develop, test and evaluate new protocols for single cell ‘omics and CRISPR screening, including methods for targeted sequencing in single cell experiments.
My timeline
Covid-19 Diagnostics Lab, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Research Assistant, Gut-Liver Axis, Quadram Institute, Norwich
Researcher, Gut-Vascular Axis, Quadram Institute, Norwich
PhD Cancer Biology, University of East Anglia, Norwich
Cell Line Engineering, Horizon Discovery, Cambridge
MSc Molecular Medicine, University of Sheffield
BSc Genetics, University of Sheffield