Hannah Campaigne
Hannah graduated from the University of Southampton with a Masters in Natural Sciences back in 2015. Since then she has spent time volunteering in South Africa, working for several years at the University of Oxford as a research assistant in cardiovascular medicine and, most recently, teaching English in Japan. Whilst she has always had a keen interest in science she also enjoys running, learning Japanese and wildlife photography. She is now joining Professor Ray Owens’ group at the Rosalind Franklin Institute as part of the Nanobody Research Team.
Nanobodies Discovery Platform
Nanobodies are single domain antibodies derived from the unique heavy chain only immunoglobulins of camels, llamas, and alpacas.
Disease X
The World Health Organisation lists Disease X (the name for a currently unknown pathogen that could cause a future epidemic) as a very serious threat to human health. To prepare for Disease X, we are building a pipeline to rapidly identify, and test nanobodies, for detecting and potentially treating future viral diseases