Alicia Ellison

Experience

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  St. George's, University of London

  Jul 2011 - Aug 2011

  Research Placement

  - Undertook a summer studentship research project to investigate the effects of prenatal androgen exposure on placental 11βHSD enzyme activity and corticosteroid metabolism;- Worked in collaboration with two MRes students;- Thin-layer chromatography, radiometric protein assays, spectrophotometry;- GraphPad Prism 3 (statistical analysis).

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  Health Protection Agency

  Sept 2011 - Jan 2012

  BMS Placement

  - Analysed community influenza isolates as part of 'Fluwatch' within the Respiratory Virus Unit;- Viral assays, cell culture and egg culture;- Use of Q-Pulse, MOLIS 4.2 (LIMS);- GLP: monitoring of equipment incl. fridges, incubators, MSCs;- Development of general lab skills: working in MSCs, use of centrifuges, aseptic technique, sterlisation/ disinfeciton procedures, laboratory spills, waste disposal, preparation of reagents.

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  Explore Learning

  Mar 2012 - May 2012

  Tutor

  Tutoring a group of up to six 5 to 14 year-olds with Maths and English using computer-based methods.

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  Barts Health NHS Trust

  Sept 2013 - Jun 2014

  Medical Technical Officer

  - Use of Q-Pulse, WinPath (LIMS);- Processing of fluorescence in-situ hybridisation preparations including paraffin-embedded tissue sections;- Validation of FISH probes;- Plasma cell purification using magnetic cell sorter;- Processing of samples for G-banding; phase-contrast microscopy;- Culture of biological specimens;- Deputy Health and Safety Officer- involvement with auditing and writing SOPs.

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  Aston University

  Jun 2014 - May 2015

  PHD Student

  "Studies on the antimicrobial efficacy of octenidine" - Determine the antimicrobial efficacy of OCT compared to other antiseptic agents against a clinically relevant panel of microorganisms: agar diffusion, MIC/MBC assays

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  Blizard Institute

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2022

  "The biology and management of familial myelodysplasia and leukaemia."- PCR- mm-qPCR- RT-PCR- DNA and RNA extraction from whole blood- PMN cell isolation and immortalisation- Cell culture

  • Acting Laboratory Manager

    May 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Senior Institute Technician, Laboratory Management

    Jul 2019 - May 2021

  • Institute Technician, Laboratory Management

    Nov 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Research Technician

    Jun 2015 - Oct 2017
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  Barts Cancer Institute

  Jul 2022 - Jan 2023

  Laboratory Resources Manager
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  UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

  Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

  Deputy Laboratory Operations Manager

  - Management of the laboratory research facilities, identifying solutions to improve the effective running of the labs.- Equipment management and maintenance; negotiation of service contracts.- Health and safety management. - Financial management and procurement; purchasing of core equipment; application for RCIF funding; use of Oracle E-Business Suite MyFinance system for ordering, approvals and receiving; use of Axiom for grant management.- Sustainability- LEAF and UCL Green Impact submissions. - ORIEL committee- wet labs. - Line management. Show less

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  UCL Cancer Institute

  Jul 2023 - now

  Deputy Laboratory Operations Manager