Daniel Thomas Email & Phone Number

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

• Management of large, world-class, biomedical research laboratory working on tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, medical devices
• Supervision of postgraduate & undergraduate students and technical staff
• Management of large portfolio of research grants, responsible for procurement of all laboratory equipment and reagents including tendering
• R&D in cardiac tissue engineering including use of bioreactors
• Expert trainer in cell culture, microscopy, histology, molecular biology
• Responsible for the health & safety of large group

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

• I managed a large, world-class, biomedical research laboratory of over 45 researchers including academic staff, technical staff, post-doctoral researchers and PhD students working on tissue engineering, regenerative.
• Supervision of postgraduate & undergraduate students and technical staff
• Management of large portfolio of research grants, responsible for procurement of all laboratory

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Tissue engineering of cardiac valves using bespoke bioreactors
• Worked as part of multidisciplinary team
• Supervised a MSc student
• Responsible for managing cell culture facility
• Presented work at international conference

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

• Molecular analysis of organisms involved in skin diseases
• Development of a method to analyse microflora of skin using quantitative-PCR methodology
• Assisted in clinical trials at partner clinical research organisations

Port Sunlight & Colworth Park, United Kingdom

• Industrial placements as part of PhD project
• R&D, analytical chemistry (HPLC, GC-MS, TLC), cell culture assays
• Regularly presented research/project updates to industrial collaborators
• Gained knowledge and experience of pipeline of R&D to commercial product, intellectual property.

Hull, United Kingdom

• Breast cancer research
• PCR analysis of critical markers
• Involved in setting up new lab facilities

York, United Kingdom

• Management of cell culture facility, histology and molecular biology labs;
• Bladder cancer research;

Phd, Molecular And Cellular Biology

BBSRC Industrial Case Studentship with Unilever R&D Awarded travel bursary from British Society of Immunology, 2005

Postgraduate Certificate, Professional Innovation Management, Merit

Modules covered include: -Introduction to commercialisation of science -Innovation through collaborative working -Product design.

Bsc (Hons), Biochemistry, Upper Second-Class Honours