Noor Gammoh completed her undergraduate studies in biological sciences at the University of Edinburgh. In 2003, Noor moved to pursue her doctorate degree at the laboratory of Dr Lawrence Banks, Trieste – Italy, where she investigated the role of Human Papillomavirus-encoded proteins during oncogenesis. In 2009, Noor moved to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York for her postodoctoral training where her interests in the field of autophagy were initiated. After completing her training in 2014, Noor relocated to establish her own laboratory as a Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh where she continues to pursue her interests in autophagy and was recently awarded a Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellowship to support her studies on brain tumours.