Biography
Dr Jean Dillon received her PhD in Animal Development from the University of York in 2006, where she studied the Parahox genes in Xenopus tropicalis. She did a postdoc at the University of Sheffield and then took a career break to have a family. In 2019, she began working on Arabidopsis plants, as a Research Technician, in Prof. Dame Ottoline Leyser's lab at SLCU in Cambridge. She joined the Khaled lab in 2023, and currently spends her time genotyping and helping to keep the lab running smoothly. She works 3 days a week (Mon-Weds) and enjoys singing in and helping to run a community choir in her free time.
Publications
Key publications:
- Dillon GP, Illes JC, Isaacs HV, Wilson RA. (2007) Patterns of gene expression in schistosomes: localization by whole mount in situ hybridization. Parasitology. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17686191/
- Illes JC, Winterbottom E, Isaacs HV. (2009) Cloning and expression analysis of the anterior parahox genes, Gsh1 and Gsh2 from Xenopus tropicalis. Developmental Dynamics. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19097192/
- Winterbottom EF, Illes JC, Faas L, Isaacs HV. (2010) Conserved and novel roles for the Gsh2 transcription factor in primary neurogenesis. Development. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20610487/
