Janis MacCallum
Janis MacCallum

Dr Janis MacCallum BSc (Hons), Ph.D. SFHEA C.Sci Teach

Lecturer

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  J.MacCallum@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

Dr Janis MacCallum (she/her) SFHEA CSci Teach is a lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences. She is currently a Programme Leader for the Bio-molecular suite of programmes and Employability Lead within the School.

Janis graduated from Glasgow University with an honours degree in Immunology and went on to undertake her Ph.D. in Immunology at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, working on the use of biosensor devices for the detection of bacterial infections, in conjunction with Amersham International.

In 1991 she moved to Edinburgh to start the first of three post-doctoral positions based at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, working on growth factor expression, and tamoxifen levels in breast cancers with Mr Mike Dixon and Dr Bill Miller.

She started working as a lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University in 1999 and has latterly been a Programme Leader for the MSc Biomedical Sciences suite of programmes. She continues to carry out research on cancer, with interests in the toxicological effects of cancer pro-drugs, in collaboration with Dr David Mincher. She has also worked on projects around PCOS (Prof M.Rae) and the impact of Paraben use (Dr G.Russo) on tissues.

On the pedagogical side, Janis also leads the Skills Passport programme within the school, which has developed a tool to engage students with skills assessment and reflection on their personal progress. As an extension of this, Janis leads the Employability Task Force within the School, with responsibility for encouraging links to industry and working to build good practice around employability within the various areas of the School. This necessitates close engagement with programmes across the school and with employers across the sector.

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Fellowships and Awards

  • Winner for CSciTeach, CPD Science Council Awards 2019
  • RSB Chartered Science teacher (C Sci Teach)

 

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Design of new anticancer drugs by selectable intracellular organelle targeting: make for the mitochondria or turn left for the lysosome?

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mincher, D., Kamel, M., Mohammed, O., MacCallum, J., & Turnbull, A. (2024, June)
Design of new anticancer drugs by selectable intracellular organelle targeting: make for the mitochondria or turn left for the lysosome?. Presented at EACR 2024: Innovative Cancer Science, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Introduction Defining structural features that can control and pinpoint the delivery of drugs to specific sub-cellular organelles ofcancer cells offers the prospect of designi...

Into the toxicity potential of an array of parabens by biomimetic liquid chromatography, cell viability assessments and in silico predictions

Journal Article
Neri, I., MacCallum, J., Di Lorenzo, R., Russo, G., Lynen, F., & Grumetto, L. (2024)
Into the toxicity potential of an array of parabens by biomimetic liquid chromatography, cell viability assessments and in silico predictions. Science of the Total Environment, 917, Article 170461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170461
Five parabens (PBs) i.e., Methylparaben (MP), Ethylparaben (EP), Isopropylparaben (iPrP), Isobutylparaben (iBuP), Benzylparaben (BzP), and their parent compound i.e., para–hyd...

Reflecting on the impacts of changes to teaching and support of the 2-stage 2-year MSc in Pharmaceutical and Analytical Science

Presentation / Conference Contribution
MacCallum, J., Foley, S., Arnott, I., & Oluwadare, T. (2023, June)
Reflecting on the impacts of changes to teaching and support of the 2-stage 2-year MSc in Pharmaceutical and Analytical Science. Poster presented at The Gathering - Edinburgh Napier University L&T Conference, Edinburgh
Janis MacCallum, Sophie Foley, Iain Arnott, Tayo Oluwadare

The effectiveness of biomimetic chromatography based methods in predictions of human pulmonary drug absorption

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dillon, A., Orzek, D., MacCallum, J., & Russo, G. (2023, June)
The effectiveness of biomimetic chromatography based methods in predictions of human pulmonary drug absorption. Poster presented at HPLC 2023
Nowadays immobilized artificial membranes (IAM) are commonly used for modelling drug transport through biological lipid layers. In most published studies a compound’s lipophi...

Meaningfully Embedding Industry-Relevant Life Science Skills in the Undergraduate Biosciences Curriculum

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garden, C., Campbell Casey, S., & MacCallum, J. (2023, June)
Meaningfully Embedding Industry-Relevant Life Science Skills in the Undergraduate Biosciences Curriculum. Presented at QAA Scotland's 5th International Enhancement Conference, Glasgow
For more than a decade I and colleagues have been working in partnership with the Scottish Lifesciences industry and other stakeholders to develop relevant, industry informed ...

Researching skills development: students as partners in this process

Journal Article
Campbell Casey, S., MacCallum, J., Robertson, L., & Strachan, L. (2018)
Researching skills development: students as partners in this process. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i13.2881
Many employers report that newly qualified graduates lack key skills necessary for success in the workplace. Although variable, many lack general ‘transferable’ or ‘soft’ skil...

Enhancing skills development and reflective practise in students during their programme of study

Journal Article
MacCallum, J., & Campbell Casey, S. (2017)
Enhancing skills development and reflective practise in students during their programme of study. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 12(12), https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i12.2368
The transition to the workplace can be challenging for new graduates. At Edinburgh Napier our approach is to work proactively with students to prepare them for the world of wo...

“How am I doing? A record of skills development at Edinburgh Napier University

Presentation / Conference
Campbell Casey, S., & MacCallum, J. (2017, March)
“How am I doing? A record of skills development at Edinburgh Napier University. Poster presented at 5th Annual Gearing up for Transitions conference, Edinburgh University

Developmental programming of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): prenatal androgens establish pancreatic islet α/β cell ratio and subsequent insulin secretion

Journal Article
Ramaswamy, S., McNeilly, A. S., Rae, M. T., Ramaswamy, S., Grace, C., Mattei, A. A., …Rae, M. T. (2016)
Developmental programming of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): prenatal androgens establish pancreatic islet α/β cell ratio and subsequent insulin secretion. Scientific Reports, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/srep27408
Exogenous androgenic steroids applied to pregnant sheep programmes a PCOS-like phenotype in female offspring. Via ultrasound guidance we applied steroids directly to ovine fet...

Skills Passport for Life Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University: Helping students to help themselves

Presentation / Conference
MacCallum, J., Campbell Casey, S., Durkin, P., & MacNab, A. (2015, June)
Skills Passport for Life Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University: Helping students to help themselves. Poster presented at 5th Assessment in Higher Education Conference

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