{{short description|British physicist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Josephine Bunch | workplaces = National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) <br> Imperial College London <br> University of Sheffield | alma_mater = Sheffield Hallam University | thesis_title = Detection and imaging of pharmaceutical compounds in skin by MALDI-MS | thesis_url = http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19408/ | thesis_year = 2005 }}
'''Josephine Bunch''' is a fellow at the National Physical Laboratory. She is Chair of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry at Imperial College London and the co-director of the National Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry Imaging.
== Education == Bunch completed a PhD sponsored by Pfizer at Sheffield Hallam University in 2005.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.npl.co.uk/people/josephine-bunch|title=Josephine Bunch : People : National Physical Laboratory|website=www.npl.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref> Her thesis, "Detection and imaging of pharmaceutical compounds in skin by MALDI-MS", used mass spectrometry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19408/|title=Detection and imaging of pharmaceutical compounds in skin by MALDI-MS.|last=Josephine.|first=Bunch|date=2005|website=shura.shu.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref>
== Research == Bunch was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sheffield, where she was awarded an Enterprise Fellowship to commercialise imaging using mass spectrometry.<ref name=":0" /> She joined the University of Birmingham, leading a large multi-disciplinary group using MALDI Mass spectrometry.<ref name="cost.eu">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/bmbs/BM1104|title=COST {{!}} Mass Spectrometry Imaging: New Tools for Healthcare Research|website=www.cost.eu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/isac/news-items/dr-josephine-bunch.aspx|title=Dr Josephine Bunch has been appointed to lead research in MALDI metrology and fundamentals at NICE-MSI - The University of Nottingham|website=www.nottingham.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref> She remains an honorary senior research fellow at the University of Birmingham.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/chemistry/bunch-josephine.aspx|title=Dr Josephine Bunch, Chemistry - University of Birmingham|website=www.birmingham.ac.uk|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref> She also holds a chair in Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry at Imperial College London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imperial.ac.uk/department-surgery-cancer/about-us/a-z-people/?instanceid=/surgerycancer/about/people&pplist-action=people.html&page=11|title=A-Z People|website=Imperial College London|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref>
She joined the National Physical Laboratory in 2013, where she became responsible for research in MALDI metrology.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Citation|last=SelectScience|title=Mass Spec Imaging Enables Greater Understanding of Tumors Than Ever Before|date=2017-07-21|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b11wiO7wR1g|accessdate=2018-05-20}}</ref> In 2017 Bunch was funded by Cancer Research UK's ''Grand Challenge'' to map tumours at a molecular and cellular level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.npl.co.uk/grandchallenge/|title=Building a 'Google Earth' of cancer : National Physical Laboratory|website=www.npl.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref> She came up with the idea when listening to a BBC Radio 4 program about the Cancer Research UK Grand Challenges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theanalyticalscientist.com/fileadmin/tas/pdf-versions/TAS_Issue_0717.pdf|title=A Google Earth View of Cancer|last=Barker|first=Charlotte|date=2017|website=The Analytical Scientist|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref> The investment was worth £16 million, and uses mass spectrometry imaging techniques to study breast, bowel and pancreatic tumours in "unprecedented detail.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/how-we-deliver-research/grand-challenge-award/funded-teams-bunch|title=Funded team Bunch|date=2017-02-02|work=Cancer Research UK|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.npl.co.uk/grandchallenge/research/|title=Grand Challenge: The Research : Building a 'Google Earth' of cancer : National Physical Laboratory|website=www.npl.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theanalyticalscientist.com/issues/0717/cartographers-of-cancer/|title=Cartographers of Cancer|website=The Analytical Scientist|language=en|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/09/google-earth-for-tumours-could-change-cancer-treatment-forever-6498887/|title='Google Earth' for tumours could change cancer treatment forever|date=2017-03-09|work=Metro|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/nick-peel/cancer-drug-trusting_b_15380442.html|title='Google Earth' For Tumours Could Change Cancer Diagnostics And Drug Testing Forever|date=2017-03-20|work=HuffPost UK|access-date=2018-05-20|language=en-GB}}</ref> She spoke about the project at the Hay Festival and presented their project at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/summer-science-exhibition/exhibits/mapping-cancers-secret-chemistry/|title=Mapping cancer's secret chemistry|website=royalsociety.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Hay Levels|title=CHEMISTRY - Mass Spectrometry - Josephine Bunch|date=2017-10-17|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SGAxZhMvno|accessdate=2018-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemistry-mass-spectrometry-josephine-bunch-11750183|title=CHEMISTRY - Mass Spectrometry - Josephine Bunch|last=hayfestival|website=TES Resources|language=en|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref>
She is part of a COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action on mass spectrometry imaging.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cost.eu/about_cost/who/(type)/5/(wid)/29826|title=COST {{!}} Who's Who|website=www.cost.eu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-20}}</ref><ref name="cost.eu"/>
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