Kelly Parker
Kelly studied at the University of York, graduating with an MBiol in 2020. She spent her Masters’ year researching embryonic expression of key developmental genes in extremophile fish. After completing her degree, she joined the Rosalind Franklin Institute in 2021 as a Laboratory Technical Assistant, working to support multiple groups across the Structural Biology Theme. She has since moved to the role of Research Assistant, currently working in Prof. Ray Owens’ Group as part of the Nanobody Discovery Team.
Nanobodies Discovery Platform
Nanobodies are single domain antibodies derived from the unique heavy chain only immunoglobulins of camels, llamas, and alpacas.
Applying artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery of anti-viral nanobodies
Nanobodies are single domain antibodies derived from the unique heavy chain only immunoglobulins of camelids. Their rapid generation is important for pandemic preparedness as they can be used in diagnostic tests. We will use machine learning tools to accelerate the discovery of nanobodies to norovirus, which causes stomach flu.