ASCUS Art & Science
CORE ASCUS TEAM
Keira Tucker, Lab Manager
Keira realised the limitations of scientific research in creating solutions during her PhD in microbiology and strongly believes in a holistic, interdisciplinary approach in solving problems. Her creative nature, passion for imparting an interest in science through establishing more exciting ways of communicating scientific principles and discoveries to the general public led her to join ASCUS in 2021. With a background in antimicrobial resistance research, both in a medical and environmental setting, her areas of expertise include antimicrobial susceptibility testing, culturing, molecular techniques, wastewater and freshwater monitoring and biofilm cultivation.
Contact Keira at: tucker@ascus.org.uk
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Miriam Walsh
ASCUS Director
Creative Producer & Curator
James Howie
ASCUS Director & Co-Founder
Independent Producer & Consultant
Adam Purvis
ASCUS Director
prj-Scotland, Dark Matter Laboratories
Louise Mackenzie
ASCUS Director
Contemporary Visual Artist
FORMER ASCUS TEAM
Jiri Jirout
ASCUS Lab Technician
Microbiologist
Sarah Mackinnon
ASCUS Projects & Communications Coordinator
Freelance Writer/Editor
William Brunt
ASCUS Marketing and Public Relations Intern
Ryan Feely
ASCUS Marketing and Public Relations Intern
Mareike Wallrabe
ASCUS Chemistry Intern
Physical Chemistry Student
Ryan Lewis
ASCUS Lab Technician
Ceclie Menard
ASCUS Project Development
Barbara Melville
ASCUS Literature Co-ordinator
Marina Freijo
ASCUS Lab Technician
Synthetic Biology & Biotechnology
Ksenija Jackevica
Marketing and PR Assistant Intern
Patryk Zak
ASCUS Marketing and Public Relations Intern
Claire Waugh
Business Development Intern
Diego Almazán
ASCUS Audio Visual Intern
Emily Grieve
ASCUS Events Assistant
Bridget Steed
ASCUS Cabinets Curator
Sara Frizzell
Former ASCUS Intern
Emily Workman
Former Assistant Manager
Paul Parrish
ASCUS Co-Founder
Melanie Dutton
Christine Ratcliffe
Stephan Matthiesen
Julia Malle
Betsy Davis
Inbal Drue
Andrew Ormston
Hamer Dodds
Chris Cottrell
FORMER CONTRIBUTORS
Erin Letovsky
Iain Woodhouse
Lynette Robertson
Former Directors
Sheona Burrow
Director
Scottish Solicitor (non-practicing)
Mark Eischeid
Director
ESALA, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Independent Artist