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Staff Profile

Dr Tracey Stevenson

Senior Plant Research Technician

Background

I am a senior plant research technician within the School of Natural and Environmental sciences based in the Devonshire research labs. My research interests have changed over the years beginning with cellular and molecular biology as an undergraduate, Biotechnology during my masters and then pursuing a plant molecular PhD at Durham University. From January 2023 to August 2024 I was seconded as a research technician to Professor William Willats group in collaboration with Proctor and Gamble. This work involved determining specific glycoproteins in various samples and heavily relied on microarray analysis.  I have now returned to my core job which involves the day to day running of several research laboratories located in the Devonshire building, facilitating for both students and PI’s within these laboratories.  I am also a current first aider as well as a fire marshal/warden for the school and I am working towards a chartered scientist accreditation (CSci).


Qualifications:


PhD Plant molecular biology


MSc Industrial and Commercial Biotechnology


BSc (Hons) Cellular and Molecular Biology



Professional affiliations:


Member of the Institute of Science and Technology (MIScT)

Research
  • My research within the Willats group mainly involved determining specific glycoproteins in varied samples by adopting microarray analysis


  • My PhD research involved investigating the specificity of calcium signature decoding mechanisms in their regulation of transcript and protein expression in Arabidopsis thaliana.


  • For nine months I worked with Professor Anne Borland conducting research on the role of the PHS1 gene in CAM photosynthesis in particular reference to the CAM plant Kalanchoe fedtschenko.


  • For my PhD I investigated the specificity of calcium signature decoding mechanisms in their regulation of transcript and protein expression in Arabidopsis thaliana.


  • During my MSC I researched specificity of Ca2+ signalling during stress and the movement of McCPK1 (Mesembryanthemum crystallinium calcium dependent protein Kinase) from the plasma membrane to the nucleus.



  • During my BSc I wrote a comprehensive literature review on the emergence of Mycobacterium lepromatosis as a possible alternative to Mycobacterium leprae.


Publications