Thank you from your winner Jo!
Hello everyone! I want to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who asked questions and voted in the Genes zone! I have had such a fantastic time taking part in I’m a scientist! Get me out of here! and am even more thrilled to have been voted the winner! The other scientists in the zone were so fantastic, I still can’t believe that you voted for me to win – so thanks very much! I am an Arthritis Research UK funded scientist, and my work focuses on genetic changes to proteins in the blood (the Complement proteins) that can be associated with different types of Arthritis. I am trying to work out what effect a genetic change has on the way that the innate immune response works, and how this can be involved in autoimmune diseases (like Arthritis). The questions that you guys asked were fab – they really … Continue reading