Jonathan Curry Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

• Build and work within cross functional team of scientists, engineers, data scientists to deliver high priority projects and Integrate with partner Research and Development teams to drive projects to completion.• Integrate with customer RnD teams to scope and define user requirements.• Development of methods using LGC / eternal vendor automation to deliver workflows for diverse applications including targeted NGS library prep assembly automated methods / methods of low contamination NGS index library prep components. • Support / continuous improvement partnership with UKHSE Test and Trace for ePCR / new assay robust to VoCs / clinical calling / verification and validation / analytical precision by digital PCR / testing mutation impact on assay performance.• Validated methods for verification of automation in the field for operational qualification / liquid handling methods / improvement of reusable tips systems / buffers and wash protocols. • Manage the team of scientists within GWS EMEA site to deliver projects

United Kingdom

• Part of a UK Government / LGC development for Test and Trace – lead technical scientist for LGC • Development of ePCR method to deliver 100’000 Sars CoV 2 tests per machine per day• Lead scientist for LGC on site team to deliver a successfully derogated and fully deployed endpoint PCR method for detection of Sars CoV 2 method as a diagnostic for the UK Test and Trace network. • Develop support methods / analysis of large datasets for monitoring • Development of Operational Qualification methods for instrument installation and hand over to Rosalind Franklin Institute RnD team for CE IVD validation.• Provide ongoing support during deployment to more than 10 million samples processed.

Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

• Development of assays and automation methods in collaborations with customers. • Validate methods for customers using LGC chemistries / technologies• Develop knowledge transfer for NPD• Provide technical support to customers for LGC’s newly launched products / drive support and technical development back in to RnD team. • Work with customers to test new products • Lead teams of scientists to deliver customer projects

Hertfordshire

Development of new applications with existing products. Interface between R & D and technical support / marketing / sales. Bespoke customer pilot projects including assistance genetics, methodology design, implementation and data analysisImplementation CRM system Zendesk for scientific and applications support for Genomics Design and implementation of automated PCR probe and primer design systems using BLAST output interpreter – algorithm design, testing and implementationBuilding and maintaining BLAST databases / servers for internal use Automated liquid handling / extraction automation installation / troubleshooting Development of genomic marker libraries and panels for crop / livestock breeding and disease states Development of LGC assay search tool – designing and implementing with external web development provider a search tool where customer can search catalogues of genetic information for various organisms including human, wheat, potato, tomato. Joint head of LGC Molecular Biology / Genomics Science Families – inter-division scientific working party

Hertfordshire

Technical Support Scientist for KASP - Provision of technical knowledge and support LGC's PCR chemistries.

London, United Kingdom

Evolution directed research in to the mechanisms of multi-drug resistance in Escherichia coli. Using molecular biology to determine mechanisms of resistance - genomics, proteomics to determine evolutionary lineages of common multi-factorial enzyme pathways to multi-drug resistance. Plasmid biology.

Antimicrobial resistance in clinical and veterinary medicine: resistance surveillance; molecular and biochemical resistance mechanism research; compound comparison trials.

Phd, Microbiology / Molecular Biology

Bsc, Molecular Biology