Elise French is a post-doctoral research associate. Her current work in the Pavri Group focuses on characterising the function of protein factors involved in the regulation of somatic hypermutation and germinal center physiology. She completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge, supervised by Dr Anne Corcoran at the Babraham Institute. Prior to studying for her PhD, she worked as a research assistant at the University of Oxford and King's College London. Elise completed her BSc in Biochemistry at the University of Bath, during which time she undertook a research placement year at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia.