Tom is currently a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Newcastle University.
Background
Tom completed his BSc at the University of Leeds in 2008 and a PhD in 2012 with Mike Webb investigating the protein post-translational modification phosphophistidine.
He then spent time as a PDRA, still in Leeds, with Bruce Turnbull engineering protein nanostructures through carbohydrate-protein interactions and a stint as a Teaching Fellow at the University of York, before moving to the University of Oxford in 2014 for a PDRA with Akane Kawamura developing an mRNA-display cyclic peptide discovery platform.
He relocated to Newcastle University in 2019 and began his independent career in 2022 following the award of a Royal Society University Research Fellowship.
Research in the group focusses on better understanding of the control of protein glycosylation; fundamental to many biological processes and often misregulated in disease.
Memberships
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Member of the Biochemical Society
Committee member for the RSC Carbohydrate Interest Group