Joni, originally from Glasgow, has lived in Dubai, Buckinghamshire, and Warwick before moving to Birmingham. Completing her integrated undergraduate and master’s in Biological Sciences at the University of Warwick, looking at both viral, fungal and bacterial pathogens, she has now moved to UoB as part of the 2023 MIBTP cohort funded by the BBSRC to complete her PhD as part of the Grainger Lab.