Calum Upton is a Postgraduate Development Assistant and MIBTP PhD Student at Aston University since September 2021, focusing on the project concerned with elucidating the molecular targets of bacterial nano-syringes. In addition to this role, Calum has been serving as an Intellectual Property Support Officer at the University of Birmingham Enterprise since April 2022. Prior experience includes a position as a Recruitment Specialist at B&Q from September 2019 to September 2021. Calum's educational background includes a Higher Education Academy Associate Fellow qualification from Aston University, an MSc in Genetic Manipulation and Molecular Cell Biology from the University of Sussex, and a BSc (Hons) in Genetics from the same university.