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A PhD student who uses impressive ball skills to help explain her cancer research

Meet Britain's brainiest juggler - a PhD student who uses her impressive ball skills to help explain her cancer research. Hira Javaid, 24, is reading oncology, the study and treatment of tumours, at the University of Oxford. She has a particular interest in DNA methylation, a biological process affecting the functions and expressions of genes - which she helps to describe using juggling. This video was filmed 16th September 2020.