Meet The Team

Brandon Coke

PhD

Dr. Brandon Coke joins ApconiX's Safety Science Group as a Senior Scientist, working with Dr. Nicholas Coltman, Deputy Head of SSG. Brandon earned an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham, focusing on liver organoid cultures for genotoxicity testing, before completing his PhD at the University of Southampton specializing in large-scale omics analysis. His doctoral work included developing sophisticated data pipelines using R, Python, and shell scripting, plus collaborative projects on β-catenin interactions in leukaemia and Zika virus oncolytic therapy. At ApconiX, Brandon supports transcriptomics and proteomics-related Target Safety Assessment projects while developing cloud-based analytical workflows with Dr. James McDonagh.