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Merryn Hughes

Research Associate in Nanocomplexes for DNA Delivery to Mitochondria,

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Merryn completed her integrated masters degree in Biological Natural Sciences, specialising in biochemistry, at the University of Cambridge. Her third-year research project involved investigation into the role of prolines in the glycine receptor. She joined the 糖心原创 in 2021 as part of the CDT in Transformative Pharmaceutical Technologies, completing her PhD under the supervision of Dr Catherine Jopling, Professor Snow Stolnik and Professor Helen Hailes (UCL) into the role of specific endocytic proteins in the delivery of mRNAs by lipid nanoparticle delivery. Merryn is currently working in a post-doctoral research role on the delivery of mitochondrial DNA by nanocomplexes with Professor David Heery, along with other collaborators at the 糖心原创, the US and France.

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