Profile
Matthew Beaney
My CV
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Education:
Dublin Institute of Technology (2004-2008)
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Qualifications:
Bsc Hons. Medical and Molecular Cytology
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Work History:
Randox Laboratories (Private Diagnostics Manufacturer)
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Current Job:
Scientific Officer at the Institute of Cancer Research
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About Me:
Sports-mad!
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32 years young, live with my wife in Watford. We both enjoying participating and watching sports. We have been to every football league ground in London (my wife has been to every ground in Scotland). I enjoy running – current training for a marathon.
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My time is divided between setting up processing liquid biopsies, analysing liquid biospies and setting up experiments improving the analysis of liquid biopsies. What is a liquid biopsy? It is the plasma removed from a patients blood. It is called a “liquid” biopsy as it is not a solid like a surgical tissue biopsy. Did you know that your plasma contains small strands of DNA? We analyse plasma from cancer patients to find DNA linked to their cancer.
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My Typical Day:
Coffee, crunching data, setting up experiments, having a laugh. more coffee!
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I get in early, l like catch up on emails and to have to have the laboratory to myself for a while. Hit the coffee a couple of times before setting up any experiments! There are a dozen people in my team a mixture of scientists and doctors. We all get on extremely well, we take our work lot more seriously than we take ourselves. There is a lot of zany humour, we are always having good laughs, especially at when at lunch together!
I spend half of my day on the computer, processing data, drinking coffee and half of my day on the lab bench setting up experiments.
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What I'd do with the prize money:
I would like to set up more student visits to our laboratory
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Resourceful, supportive and cheeky!
What did you want to be after you left school?
David Beckham!
Were you ever in trouble at school?
Often caught daydreaming, generally lazy!
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Radiohead
What's your favourite food?
Pizza
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
To be smarter, wiser and kinder
Tell us a joke.
I used to be a werewolf but I'm alright nooooooooooooooooooooooowwww
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