Natalie Johnston

Principal

2024 - Current

Associate

2022 - 2024

Investment Analyst

2019 - 2021

4BIO Capital is a London-based venture capital firm focused solely on the advanced therapies sector.

Board Observer

2023

Research Manager

2018 - 2019

Senior Research Associate | Healthcare

2017 - 2018

GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.) is the world’s leading platform for professional learning. Business leaders, investors, consultants, social entrepreneurs, and other top professionals rely on GLG to learn in short- and long-term engagements from more than 425,000 members and other experts. Clients partner with GLG to address their most complex strategic challenges, make better business decisions, and advance their careers through conversations, mentorships, small group convenings, surveys, and other interactions—all within a rigorous compliance framework. Global, technology-driven, and nimble, GLG’s approximately 1,200 employees work in 22 offices in 12 countries.

Research Associate | Healthcare

2016 - 2017

Biochemical Society Studentship

2012 - 2012

Awarded the Summer Vacation Studentship by the Biochemical Society U.K. - Completed a 6-week summer research project entitled ‘The functional anti-inflammatory consequences of AMPK activation in adipocytes’ under the supervision of Dr. Ian Salt, Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow. - Aimed to define whether AMPK activation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes alters MCP-1 secretion. - Project techniques: Mammalian cell culture and differentiation of adipocytes and macrophages, preparation of cell lysates, TCA precipitation of proteins, SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting and Chemotaxis assays. - Key skills learnt: Time-keeping and lab organisation, Image J computer programme, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel programming for statistical analysis.