Application Scientist

Application specialist Blood Sciences

o Shaping the department’s strategy in an evolving, competitive marketo Managing an expanding section of the Immunology Departmento Introduced large scale automation and lean principles to department. o Managed all EQA and IQCo Training Officer for departmento Organised departmental seminar programme. o Managed high-value tenders relevant to Autoimmunityo Developed testing algorithms for Connective Tissue Disease and Autoimmune Liver Diseaseo Expanded test repertoire and increased specialism of department whilst maintaining efficiencyo Managed clinical and audit projects from inception to completion.o Liaised with multiple disciplines to establish best practice for patient testing.

o reading Indirect immunofluorescence o Radial Immunodiffusion for blood brain barrier ratioso CH50 by Spectrophotometryo Helena zone electrophoresis systemo Ouchterlony Double Diffusiono Counter Current Electrophoresiso Agglutination assayso Iso electric focusing

o Reading Indirect immunofluorescence including, HEp-2, LKS, ANCA, Pancreas, cerebellum, Striated Muscle, crithidia etc.o Radioimmunoassay for Chromagranin A, P3NP, Calcitonin and Acetyl Choline Receptor antibodieso Alpha 1 Anti-trypsin phenotyping by electrophoresiso Interpretation of serum electrophoresis and immunofixationo Evaluated Free Light Chain assay on BNII (Dade Behring)o Exposure to esoteric and unusual proteins due to department being a Protein Reference Unit. o Cutting and staining Renal Biopsies for Direct Immunofluorescence