As the Senior Flow Cytometry Scientist, Dr Allison McInnes oversees the Centre’s flow sorting facility. With a PhD in Biological Oceanography, Dr. McInnes has a strong background in microbial ecology. She has over 10 years in flow cytometry and cell sorting and has led the development of the high-throughput single-cell identification and isolation platform that feeds into the biobank.
Allison’s professional goal is to develop and optimise methodologies that will allow scientists to conduct microbial ecology on ecologically relevant time and space scales. High-throughput, inexpensive, yet detailed knowledge is required to understand microbes, their interactions, and their effects on their environments.