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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Huntingdon

Technical and scientific management responsibility for all studies involving Immunohistochemistry (including Tissue Cross-reactivity Studies), Electron Microscopy and Microautoradiography. Management responsibility for six staff members. Study Director or equivalent for GLP, GCP and non-GLP studies. Financial responsibility for department including budget, revenue recognition and pricing. Sub-contract responsibility for non-GLP and GLP EM Imaging and antibody conjugation. Customer-facing, strategic and operational management. Passionate about process improvement and LEAN/business improvement techniques. Person Designated under the Human Tissue Act for Special Pathology Services and Research Tissue Bank Manager for UK sites.

Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Technical and scientific management responsibility for all studies involving Immunohistochemistry (including Tissue Cross-reactivity Studies), Electron Microscopy and Microautoradiography. Management responsibility for six staff members. Study Director or equivalent for GLP, GCP and non-GLP studies. Financial responsibility for department including budget, revenue recognition and pricing. Sub-contract responsibility for non-GLP and GLP EM Imaging. Customer-facing, strategic and operational management. Recently completed a two year Management Development Programme with ILM level 3 qualification and a Level 2 LEAN NVQ. Passionate about process improvement and LEAN/business improvement techniques. Person Designated under the Human Tissue Act for Special Pathology Services and Research Tissue Bank Manager for HLS-UK.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

• Operational management of a busy high throughput Histopathology/IHC laboratory, reporting to the Core Facility Head. • First point of contact for all Histopathology/IHC requests plus email & face-to-face enquiries.• Responsibility for tissue processing, embedding, sectioning, special stains & IHC requests• Management responsibility for four scientific officers, including probationary reviews, PDRs & bi-monthly 1-2-1’s.• Recruitment responsibility for three of these positions and two further positions currently advertised.• Project & technical management of multiple internal & external IHC collaborations and work requests.• Technical expertise & training given to users in manual/automated (Leica BioSystems BondMax) IHC & cryo- sectioning.• Set up of brand new purpose built laboratory in terms of small CapEx equipment and consumables.• Knowledge of Ariol & Aperio automated images capture systems, PALM LCM and Beecher tissue micro-arrayer.• Courses attended: Management Foundation Programme (5-day course); Fire Protection; FileMaker Pro. • Volunteer work: Lab tour volunteer for internal & external visitors, from support staff & fundraisers to visiting lecturers & potential group leaders. Active role in Fundraising for CR-UK via Race For Life and CR-UK 10K races. Annual voluntary involvement in the Cambridge Science Festival. Core facility Social Event Organiser.

Hinxton, Cambridgeshire

• Operational co-ordinator for a high throughput IHC laboratory with specific responsibility for ‘Atlas’ production work (IHC screening of in-house produced scFv antibodies).• Management responsibility for two senior technicians & a senior research assistant.• Project & technical management of numerous external & internal IHC collaborations.• Technical expertise & training given in the use of Ventana & Dako automated immunostainers.• Proficiency with Beecher manual & automated tissue arrayers & pioneer for building of in-house frozen TMAs.• In depth knowledge of Applied Imaging ‘Ariol’ automated image capture & analysis system. • Technical expertise & training given in the use of cryostats. Also proficient with paraffin & resin sectioning.• Responsibility for upkeep of several in-house built databases & creation/maintenance of SOPs.• Courses attended: helping people perform; communicating & influencing; time management; fire protection; embracing change; supervisory skills. • Co-ordinator for lab move to new premises, Emergency Marshall for 2 yrs, organised lab tours for non-scientific staff.

Royston, Hertfordshire

• Project & technical management of externally sponsored imaging projects up to a value of £150K, delivering data to clients within specified budget & timelines.• Technical management of the imaging component of internally sponsored drug discovery programmes, working as part of a larger project team & contributing to patent applications where required.• Expertise gained in IHC, western blotting, receptor autoradiography, histology, interpretation & image analysis.• Participation in a 24hr on-call rota, involving human tissue dissection & processing.• Supervision/training of new staff & students; database curation; maintenance of SOPs & training records.• Training received in following areas: presentation skills; project management; modern IHC; statistics; scientific & technical report writing; molecular morphology; radiation protection; proteomics; molecular biology terms & techniques; advanced human anatomy & dissection.• Secretary for ‘Sports & Social Club’ for 2 yrs & ‘Seminar Club’ co-ordinator for 4 yrs.

Master Of Science (Msc), Biomedical Science

• Modules: Cell Pathology, Haematology, Advanced Topics in Biomedicine & Methods in Clinical Analysis. • Project: Lectins as markers.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Applied Biology With European Studies, 2 Ii

• Industrial placement: The effect of differing culture conditions on sunflower (Helianthus annuus) protoplast division at E.N.S.A.T..

Education record

• A-Levels: Biology, French & Chemistry. • GCSEs: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, English Language, English Literature, French, Geography.