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MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCEDepartmental Manager, 2003 – January 2021 Centre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology, Kings College London Dental institute, UKTechnical - Laboratory design and refurbishment - Management of facilities and implementation of support services - Procurement and co-ordination of tender bids for large equipment purchases (e.g. confocal microscopes, X-ray Micro-CT)Scientific - Coaching and training of technical staff, pre- and post-docs - Research consultant to laboratory scientists, providing advice and support in experimental planning. - Responding to research problems with PIs and students/post-docs; troubleshooting and advising on scientific and logistical problems.Workplace Safety - Member of Health and Safety Committees; liaising with Governmental Health and Safety Inspectors - COSHH Risk Assessment - Biohazard Safety - Fire Evacuation Controller and First Aider - Radiation Protection SupervisorRESEARCH EXPERIENCEUndergraduate student, 1986 (12 months) - employed by Rank Hovis McDougall based at IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, UKDepartment of Molecular Biology, University of Manchester, UK 1992 – 1993 - Hox gene promoter analysisDepartment of Craniofacial Development, KCL Dental institute, UK 1994 - 2002 - Research projects focused on molecular, developmental and cellular studies of cartilage, bone, tooth, muscle and nervous system.Skills - Transgenic reporter and knock-out mice and in situ hybridisation, in vivo microsurgery, cell differentiation studies using growth factors and retroviral vectors - Genomic and transcript analysis using DNA sequencing, RNase protection and bioinformatics - Single cell transcriptome analysis using laser microdissection and RT-PCR - Protein purification and immunoprecipitation - Image analysis, microCT, fluorescence and confocal microscopy

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