. Amy Varney obtained her M.Biochem. degree (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry) from the University of Oxford, during which time she majored in chemical pharmacology, cancer biology and clinical and applied immunology. She carried out her doctorate in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Oxford under the joint supervision of Professors Angela Russell and Chris Schofield (Organic Chemistry) and Dr. Paul Brennan (Target Discovery Institute/Structural Genomics Consortium). Amy’s research was focused on assay design and drug discovery/development within the epigenetic field of methyl marker modifications. Through the Systems Approaches to Biomedical Sciences Industrial Centre for Doctoral Training (SABS-CDT) Amy was part of entrepreneurial and commercial programs, including in association with Oxford’s Saïd Business School, which led to her joining the OxStem team. Amy joined the company in 2015 and assisted with the spin-out of OxStem and all four of the first subsidiaries; acting as liaison point across the collaborating University of Oxford departments. . Amy Varney obtained her M.Biochem. degree (Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry) from the University of Oxford, during which time she majored in chemical pharmacology, cancer biology and clinical and applied immunology. She carried out her doctorate in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Oxford under the joint supervision of Professors Angela Russell and Chris Schofield (Organic Chemistry) and Dr. Paul Brennan (Target Discovery Institute/Structural Genomics Consortium). Amy’s research was focused on assay design and drug discovery/development within the epigenetic field of methyl marker modifications. Through the Systems Approaches to Biomedical Sciences Industrial Centre for Doctoral Training (SABS-CDT) Amy was part of entrepreneurial and commercial programs, including in association with Oxford’s Saïd Business School, which led to her joining the OxStem team. Amy joined the company in 2015 and assisted with the spin-out of OxStem and all four of the first subsidiaries; acting as liaison point across the collaborating University of Oxford departments.

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