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Izzy Jayasinghe

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Born: 20th century
Birthplace: Sri Lanka
Occupation: biophysicist
Education: University of Auckland
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1.Stated in Resolving the structural basis of cardiac excitation-contraction coupling
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Izzy Jayasinghe is the Head of the Department of Molecular Medicine in the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of New South Wales, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sheffield, where she was previously a UKRI Future Leader Fellow. Her research focuses on super resolution microscopy, biophysics, cardiac muscle and microscopy instrument development. In addition to her scientific research and teaching, she is a strong advocate for gender equality and diversity in academia.

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Sex or gender: female
Academic thesis: Resolving the structural basis of cardiac excitation-contraction coupling
Doctoral advisor: Christian Soeller
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Mark B Cannell
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Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy(2010) thesis submitted to: University of Auckland
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Gateway to Research person ID2880FB19-2E4E-478D-8481-93CC8655833C
Google Knowledge Graph ID/g/11fhsn26j8
OpenAlex IDA5068412492
ORCID iD0000-0003-2461-478X

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