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Dr Eleanor Jayawant

Dr Eleanor Jayawant (BSc, MSc, PhD)

Research Fellow in Laboratory and Computational Systems Biology
E: E.Jayawant@bsms.ac.uk
Location: Room 2.13, Medical Research Building, BSMS, University of Sussex, BN1 9PS

Areas of expertise: Multidisciplinary approaches in biology, computer modelling

Research areas: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, systems biology, cancer biology

Preferred gender pronouns: She/her

Twitter handle: @ejayawant

Biography

Eleanor completed her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Warwick in 2021, where she studied peptide modification using a combination of computational, biophysics and microbiology techniques. She is proficient in Python and Bash and has experience working with a broad range of laboratory techniques.

Research

Eleanor is passionate about multidisciplinary approaches, and her research interests involve applying both computational and experimental approaches to biological problems. Her recent focus has been on understanding the signalling networks in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma using computational models and laboratory experiments.

Selected publications

Jayawant, E.S., Hutchinson, J., Gasparíková, D., Lockey, C., Pruñonosa Lara, L., Guy, C., Brooks, R.L. and Dixon, A.M. (2021) Molecular basis of selectivity and activity for the antimicrobial peptide Lynronne-1 informs rational design of peptide with improved activity. ChemBioChem, https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202100151

Jayawant, E.S., Beadle, J.D., Wilkening, I., Raubo, P., Shipman, M., Notman, R. and Dixon, A. (2020) Impact of Oxetane Incorporation on the Structure and Stability of Alpha-helical Peptides. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CP03818K.

Roesner, S., Saunders, G.J., Wilkening, I., Jayawant, E., Geden, J.V., Kerby, P., Dixon, A.M., Notman, R. and Shipman, M. (2019) Macrocyclisation of small peptides enabled by oxetane incorporation. Chemical Science, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC05474F.

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