Profile
Andrew Philp
My CV
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Education:
[School] Sir Frederick Osborne School, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (1991-1998); [Undergraduate University] University of Brighton (1999-2002); [Post-graduate University] University of Brighton (2002-2007)
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Qualifications:
11 GCSE’s, 4 A levels, BSc, PhD
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Work History:
PhD University of Brighton; Post-doc researcher, University of Dundee; Post-doc researcher, University of California Davis
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Current Job:
Lecturer in Integrative Physiology
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I teach molecular physiology to undergraduate and masters students. I am interested in how activity/inactivity, exercise and diet affect skeletal muscle function. My research is interested in studying how genes, proteins and enzymes respond to exercise and diet, and how this response changes the size and function of skeletal muscle. We apply this research to try and understand what makes skeletal muscle adapt, whether it be an athlete trying to improve performance, or an elderly individual trying to improve the quality of daily living. Skeletal muscle is vital for health span, and exercise/activity one of the key factors that maintains skeletal muscle function.
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My Typical Day:
Lecturing to undergraduate students, meetings, emails, supervising PhD students, meetings, emails, research in the lab, lecturing, meetings, emails, more emails…..
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I like the fact that my typical day is a mixture of teaching and research. This means that i get to interact with numerous groups of people. I teach to students across our undergraduate degree, so this may be basic lectures about physiology (1st year), right through to discussing gene regulation in skeletal muscle (3rd year, MSc students). I enjoy teaching and trying to translate my research into a learnable product. It is enjoying seeing students progress and understand the challenges they face and how they tackle learning. My research excites me and allows me to discover things in the lab on a regular basis. Supervising PhD students is fantastic and allows me to mentor and develop their research skills.
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What I'd do with the prize money:
Equipment for use during outreach activities
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Dad, Husband, Happy
Were you ever in trouble at school?
Thankfully no
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Kings of Leon
What's your favourite food?
Chicken Burrito
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
Good health for my family, enough money to be happy, aston martin DB9
Tell us a joke.
Why are pirates called pirates? Because they arrrrrrrrrrrr.
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