Profile
Zoe Ingold
My CV
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Education:
Howard of Effingham school from year 7-13
University of York for MChem
York Structural Biology Lab for PhD -
Qualifications:
GCSEs: Biology, chemistry, physics, maths, extended maths, english, RS, history, art, french, german, PE, ICT
AS Levels: Biology, chemistry, physics, maths, EPQ, general studies and critical thinking
A Levels: Biology, chemistry and mathsUndergraduate: MChem, biological and medicinal chemistry
Postgraduate: PhD in mechanistic biology (currently studying for)
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Work History:
Originally I worked with horses. I was a groom and yard manager at riding schools and competition yards from the age of 14 to 18. I still train and back horses in my spare time today but it’s not my main job.
I worked in a pub when I was 18 and I was also personal assistant, managing a stud farm business and several rental properties.
When I was on my gap year there was a big earthquake in Nepal so I worked in a disaster relief team for few months too.
At Uni I have worked at open days, showing potential new students around and I have helped to develop online teaching material for younger year groups. -
Current Job:
PhD researcher at York Structural Biology Lab
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About Me:
I’m a scientist who loves plants and horses! One day I hope to go to space 🙂
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I live in York, in a flat that I am slowly turning into a jungle with all of my plants! When I’m not in the lab I ride horses and go rock climbing with my boyfriend. The brown horse in the photo is my pony when she was a baby (she’s 8 now!) 🙂 I love watching movies about Space (my favourite is StarTrek: First contact) and I want to be an astronaut one day. My pronouns are she/her.
My horse when she was a baby
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Plants make chemicals that we can sometimes use for medicines. To do this they need special proteins, called enzymes, that make sure the right chemical reactions happen in the right order. My job is to make bacteria grow these enzymes so that I can try and figure out what they look like and how they work.
The enzymes I am looking at are very important because they make two carbon atoms join together and this is a hard reaction for chemists to do in the lab. If I can understand how the plants make it happen, hopefully I can make it easier for other scientists to do.
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My Typical Day:
Every day is different but I usually get into the lab for 9:30 am and spend most of the day getting my enzymes nice and clean then carrying out experiments with them. I usually have a few meetings or lessons too. After work, my friends and I often go climbing or have a movie night.
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0730 H – Wake up and spend some time on my phone before getting up
0900 H – Get into work, switch my computer on and catch up on emails
0930 H- Head into the lab and deal with any overnight experiments
1100 H- Coffee with all of YSBL until 12
1200-1315 H- More lab work
1315-1400 H- Lunchtime, usually with my lab group
1400-1500 H – Often I have a meeting or lecture now
1500-1700 H – More lab work, often reading some research papers or writing up reports
1700/1800 H- Go home. Usually I have something social on like going climbing, horse riding or having a movie night. I try to get to bed by 2330 H!
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Adventurous, curious and creative
What did you want to be after you left school?
Always wanted to be a scientist of some sort
Were you ever in trouble at school?
A few times- I used to talk back to the teacher a lot!
Who is your favourite singer or band?
I don't have one!
What's your favourite food?
Thai green curry with tofu
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
To live in lots of countries, To be able to help people and to go to space
Tell us a joke.
What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? Frostbite
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