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Adelaide Young

    • About Me:

      I’m a medical researcher and I work in Edinburgh in Scotland, but I live in a small town outside called Linlithgow with my husband and my golden retriever 🐶. I love to read, bake and hike. My work has enabled me to live overseas in both Sydney, Australia 🐨 and Houston, USA 🚀.

    • My pronouns are:

      She/Her

    • My Work:

      I work on melanoma. This cancer arises from the cells in your skin which create pigment. My work focuses on understanding how melanoma is able to resist therapies.

    • My Typical Day:

      I wake up, have breakfast and then walk my dog. I get into work around 9am and then go to the lab do experiments. Around noon I have lunch and then go to a seminar where people within my institute present their research. In the afternoon I go to check on my zebrafish, before heading back to work on the computer. I normally head home around 5.30pm.

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    My CV

    • Education:

      I went to Wimbledon High School in London. Then I had a gap year before attending the University of Bath where I did an undergraduate Masters of Biochemistry. During my degree I got to do two sixth months placements, the first at the Institute of Healthy Ageing at UCL in London. Then the second at the Garvan Insitute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia. Once I finished my undergraduate degree I decided I wanted to do a PhD and I moved to Australia to do a PhD in breast cancer research at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW. I finished my PhD in 2017.

    • Qualifications:

      GCSEs: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Spanish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Geography, Art, English Literature, English Language

      AS-Level: Geography

      A2-Level: Biology, Chemistry and Maths

      Undergraduate Degree: Masters of Biochemistry

      PhD: Medicine/Breast Cancer Research

       

    • Work History:

      2007-2012 Casual Catering Assistant/Manager – Earls Court Exhibition Centre/Excel Centre, London

      2012 -2013 Admin Assistant – Australian Turf Club, Australia

      2012-2013 Daycare/Childcare Assistant – Expect A Star, Australia

      2017 Research Assistant – Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia

      2017 Research Officer – Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia

      2018-2021 Postdoctoral Researcher – Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

      2021 – present Postdoctoral Fellow – University of Edinburgh, UK

    • Employer:

      Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh

    • My Interview

      • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

        dog-loving cancer researcher

        What did you want to be after you left school?

        I think I always wanted to be a scientist.

        Were you ever in trouble at school?

        No, I was a bit of a goody two-shoes!

        If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?

        I think I would open a bakery

        Who is your favourite singer or band?

        Queen

        What's your favourite food?

        A roast dinner

        Tell us a joke.

        What do you call a fancy fish? So-fish-ticated!

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