Researchers
Leah McCaffrey
Research Assistant
About
Leah is a research assistant within the Nanobody Discovery team. Leah studied Biomedical Science BSc (Hons) at Abertay University and graduated from a Masters by Research (MScR) in Reproductive Sciences in 2024 at the University of Edinburgh.
Projects and Platforms
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