Dr Katy Knight

I am a diagnostic radiographer and bioinformatician currently working with Professor Karen Knapp as a postdoctoral researcher in medical imaging. I am interested in how data science and bioinformatics can be utilised within the area of medical imaging to improve diagnostics and enable the development of more personalised medicine.

Career:

After graduating with a BSc in Medical Imaging and an MSc in Bioinformatics I undertook a PhD investigating bioinformatic methods for the analysis of microbial communities. Following on from this I worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in bioinformatics at Exeter university within the Exeter Microbial Biofuels Group (EMBG). Most recently I worked as a senior data scientist for Senisca, a biotech spin-out from the university, where I developed bioinformatic pipelines for the analysis of long read transcriptomic data sets and investigated the genetics of cellular ageing.

Qualifications:

2018: PhD Biological sciences 

2013: MSc Bioinformatics (Distinction with Dean's commendation)

2012: BSc Diagnostic Radiography (Medical Imaging)