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Chris is a flow cytometry specialist who manages the Flow Cytometry Facility at the University of Edinburgh (School of Biological Sciences).
His career path bridges technical laboratory management and academic research, specifically within the fields of immunology and cell biology.
- University of Edinburgh (2025–Present): Manager of the SBS Flow Cytometry Facility.
- Babraham Institute (2020–2025): Deputy Manager of Flow Cytometry. During this time, he became well-known for creating educational content regarding flow cytometry and for his ability to work with novel instrumentation and spectral flow cytometry.
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Rome (2019–2020): Manager of the Flow Cytometry Facility.
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (2015–2019): Senior Research Assistant in the Cytometry Core Facility, specialising in single cell sorting.
- King’s College London (KCL) (2011–2015): Research Technician. He worked with Dr. Valerie Corrigall on the BiP Rheumatoid Arthritis clinical trial.
Research Interests and Contributions
- Spectral Flow Cytometry: Building analysis pipelines and advancing novel methodology and insights into this expanding field in flow cytometry.
- Automation and Data: He has been a proponent of using programming (Python and R) to automate facility management and streamline data analysis for non-bioinformaticians.
- Immunology: Much of his early research and clinical trial work focused on Rheumatoid Arthritis, specifically studying immune tolerance and the role of Binding Immunoglobulin Protein (BiP).
- Educational Outreach: He maintains a YouTube channel where he shares educational videos and "virtual cards" related to flow cytometry, aimed at making complex scientific processes more accessible.
- Member of ISAC and RMS
- Chair of the ISAC SRL SOP Repository
- Member of the ISAC SRL Outreach Subcommittee
- Member of UKRI PAT SAP RTP group
RMS Flow Cytometry Award winner 2023
ISAC SRL Emerging Leader 2019-2024
TSN summer studentship
Molly has joined us for the summer of 2026 from Edinburgh Napier University.
The Technical Specialist Network has kindly provided a bursary to support Molly.
Molly will be shadowing and working in the facility, learning all aspects of proving a flow cyotmetry service. She will also conducting a project to determinate best way to estimate particle size on our FACSDiscover S8 platform.
Flow Cytometry Core Facility
School of Biological Sciences
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0)131 650 5501
- Email: sbsflowlab@ed.ac.uk
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