Dr Katherine Pillman

Mid-Career
Dr Katherine Pillman is a passionate computational biologist. Beginning her career as a molecular biologist, she has always been fascinated by how genes can control how cells work, grow and behave. The major focus of Dr Pillman’s current research at the Centre for Cancer Biology is neuroblastoma, a devastating cancer that affects very young children. Her group uses ‘bioinformatics’ which involves using mathematical modelling and high-performance computing to dissect, visualise and make sense of big data from cutting-edge sequencing technology. She seeks to uncover how genes control the properties of neuroblastoma tumours, including differences in cancer subtypes and responses to treatments.