Matthew Ellis

Experience

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  Trinity College Dublin

  Jun 2008 - Jul 2009

  Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge Fellowship

  Working on project entitled MOLDY. Focused on the development and validation of a series of novel membrane lipid models and their effect on β2-adrenoceptor conformations through molecular dynamics simulation.A version of these models was also developed for use with AMBER.The ToK involved writing a series of lectures on Conformational Analysis to be taught at Undergraduate level.

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  MRC Prion Unit

  Nov 2011 - Nov 2012

  Research Database Officer

  Largely data organisation and cleansing, database setup and implementation, with some opportunity for programming aimed at bioinformatics.

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  UCL

  Nov 2012 - Dec 2018

  Digital Image Analyst

  I provide image analysis method development, training and support for a range of studies using the Definiens software programI worked with a number of groups with a range of interests, for example looking at neurons in epilepsy cases, spongiosis in prion cases, proliferation heterogeneity in tumor cases and muscle structure in various pathologies, to name a few.Digital pathology is no longer just a useful tool, it is becoming an essential part of histological analysis, often a requirement for publication, so it is important to ensure we are using efficient and reliable techniques. To this end I continue to develop new and improve old analysis methods with a focus on automation to reduce the human factor in any analysis. Show less

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  University of Southampton

  Dec 2018 - now

  Senior Research Fellow

  I am based in the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, Faculty of Cancer Sciences, at the University of Southampton. I will be working with Gareth Thomas to provide image analysis and digital pathology support for a range of research projects and clinical trials.