Dachs completed a Bachelor of Science at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, followed by a PhD titled The effect of metronidazole on Bacteroides fragilis and Escherichia coli at the same institution.
[1][2][3] After postdoctoral research at MRC Harwell in the UK, Dachs joined the Gray Cancer Institute in London as a senior scientist.
[4][5] Dachs works in the Mackenzie Cancer Research Group and is based at Otago's Christchurch campus.
[1] Dachs has explored how cancer cells respond to hypoxia (low oxygen levels), and how the hypoxic pathway is affected by vitamin C.[7][8] Dachs led research that showed that cancer cells from colon tumours removed during surgery retained vitamin C if the patient had received a very high dose infusion of vitamin C before their surgery.
[1] Her research spans cell culture, rodent models, and clinical trials in cancer patients.