Awards
- BBSRC New Investigator Award in Genes & Developmental Biology entitled " Epigenetic regulation of pluripotency and lineage commitment in the early mouse embryo"., BBSRC, 2009
- MRC Collaborative Career Development Award in Stem Cell Research entitled " Chromatin-based analysis of the generation of neural progenitors from embryonic stem cells"., Parkinson's Disease Society, 2004
External Positions
- Expert Peer Reviewer, Sir Henry Dale Fellowship Committee, Wellcome Trust, 2019
- Expert scientist - evaluations are conducted by a visiting committee of expert scientists working in a foreign or a French academic or private institution., High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (Hcéres), Independent government-funded agency (www.hceres.fr) - national and international evaluations., 2019
- External Referee, ANR "Cellular Biology, Developmental Biology and Evolution" and "Non-Thematic and young researchers" Committees, French National Research Agency, 2006
- External Referee, FRM Scientific Committee, Fondation pour le Recherche Medicale, 2006
- Expert Peer Reviewer, BBSRC Genes, Development & STEM Approaches to Biology Board, UKRI - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, 2006
- Expert Peer Reviewer, Career Development Award jointly funded by Parkinson's UK and the MRC, Parkinson’s Disease Society UK, 2006
- Expert peer reviewer, MRC Molecular and Cellular Medicine Board, UKRI - Medical Research Council, 2006
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Associate Member of the Crick Development & Stem Cells Interest Group, The Francis Crick Institute, London, 2018
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA), 2011
- Associated Member (2nd Call 2010), EuroSyStem Project coordinated by Professor Austin Smith European Federation for Systematic Stem Cell Biology funded by EU Framework 7 http://www.eurosystemproject.eu, 2010 - 2012
- Member, British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB), 2006
Editorial Boards
- • Scientific Reports – Nature, Member of the Editorial Board
- Cells - Structure, Function and Systems Biologyhttp://www.mdpi.com/journal/cells-sfsb, Member of the Editorial Board, 2009