Dr Malcuit holds a PhD in plant virology received in 1998 from the department of genetics, Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Dr Malcuit has extensive experience in genetics and plant biotechnology. Prior to founding Algentech, she held the position of senior research associate at the Sainsbury Laboratory (Norwich, UK), in charge of the programme for functional genomics using VIGS (Virus-Induced Gene Silencing). She is co-inventor on 7 patent families owned by Algentech.
