Sophie Knott
Technical Assistant

Sophie completed a PhD at the UCL/Birkbeck Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, having previously earned a BSc in Biochemistry from Queen Mary University of London. During her undergraduate studies, she was awarded the Whittingham Prize for outstanding academic achievement.

She also undertook a Physiological Society Vacation Studentship investigating the effects of temperature on optic nerve electrophysiology, and her final-year project focused on DNA repair pathways in Trypanosoma brucei.

Sophie’s PhD research focused on the structural and computational analysis of DNA-modifying proteins for use in enzymatic DNA production platforms. Her project was in collaboration with an industry partner, specialising in cell-free DNA manufacturing.

Sophie joined E+F as a Technical Assistant in October 2025.

Academic Publications

Knott, SE. Milsom, SA. Rothwell, PJ (2019) The Unusual Linear Plasmid Generating System of Prokaryotes; Bacteriophages – Biology and Applications, Intech Open DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.86882

Austerschmidt, L. Khan, A. Plant, D. Richards, E. Knott, S. Baker, M. (2020) The effects of temperature on the biophysical properties of optic nerve F-fibres, Scientific Reports