Dan received his bachelor’s degree in Preclinical Medicine Studies from the University of Cambridge, specialising in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour in his third year and completing a research project under András Lakatos. He is an MB/PhD student within the Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine where, after completing PhD research at the LMB, he will return to finish his medical studies. His current research interests include comparative regulation of gene expression between species in early brain development, and analysis of electrical activity in brain organoids.