Thomas Roberts, DPhil

Senior Research Scientist, Research Fellow and Gro at University of Oxford

Thomas Roberts is a Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford and a Research Fellow at the newly-formed Institute for Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM). His group works under the overall general theme of ‘RNA Medicine’, with research interests including neuromuscular disorders, RNA biology, extracellular nucleic acids, biomarkers, epigenetics, and gene/oligonucleotide therapies. He studied at the University of Oxford for both his undergraduate degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and doctoral degree in Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics. He subsequently moved to San Diego, California where he undertook postdoctoral training positions at the Scripps Research Institute, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine (laboratory of Professors Kevin Morris and Marc Weinberg) and Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Development, Aging and Regeneration Program (laboratory of Professor Lorenzo Puri).