Affiliation: University of Edinburgh

Dr. Mark Gray gained his Bachelor’s degree in veterinary medicine and surgery in 2004. After obtaining post-graduate surgical qualifications with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, he completed his Masters by Research and then a PhD in Molecular and Clinical Medicine with Prof. David Argyle at the University of Edinburgh. Here, Dr. Gray worked as part of the IMPACT (Implantable Microsystems for Personalised Anti-cancer Therapy) project, which aimed to develop miniaturised sensors that could be implanted into solid tumours to measure intra-tumoural oxygen and pH. Dr. Gray’s role was to develop novel small and large animal models that would validate sensor functionality. A secondary aim of his PhD was to develop novel in vitro radioresistant cell lines, which were used to characterise cancer cell radioresistance and secreted proteins related to radiation response. Dr. Gray now works as a lecturer in large animal research; he splits his time between his own research projects, including the development of large animal surgical translational models of human diseases and teaching at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh.