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CTLS Mentors

We are pleased to introduce the new CTLS mentoring program!

This is a flexible program with scope for the mentoring to develop as the mentee and mentor decide. Below is a list of mentors who have volunteered to support this exciting initiative, including information regarding their expertise, from scientific fields to areas of core facility management.  If you are interested in being mentored, please reach out directly to a mentor by clicking on their name below and choosing their name in the pop up box. If you want to serve as a mentor, please email the CTLS Mentorship Focus Group. Thank you.

Mentors


Josh Rappoport

Boston College, USA

Topics and Areas:
Core Administration
Light Microscopy
Cell Biology
Professional Development
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Ian Brewis

Cardiff University, UK

 Topics and Areas:
Core Administration
Quality Management
Professional Development
Proteomics
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Patrick England

Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Topics and Areas:
Molecular Biophysics
Protein Biochemistry
Core Facility Management
Professional Development
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Ondřej Hradil

Masaryk University

Topics and Areas:
Core Facility Management and Administration
ESFRI and research infrastructures
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Barry Moran

Trinity College Dublin

Topics and Areas:
Flow cytometry
Immunology
Core facility management
Professional development
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Luisa Cortes

University of Coimbra

Topics and Areas:
Light Microscopy
Core Facility Management
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Ralph Palmisano

Optical Imaging Centre Erlangen (OICE)
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

Topics and Areas:
Core Facility Administration
Professional development
Light microscopy
Data handling and data processing
Staff development
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Peter O’Toole

University of York

Topics and Areas:
Core Management
Instrument rates/charging/Full economic costs
Light Microscopy
Flow Cytometry
Multi-Core Facilities
Communication
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Leonor Heleno Wielgosz

Stratocore

Topics and Areas:
Core Facility Management digitization and software selection criterias
Implementation Planning and change management
Core Facility Invoicing (automation)
Core Facility Management Best Practice 
Interoperability and data centralisation
Reporting
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Natalie Homer

University of Edinburgh

Topics and Areas:
Core Facility Management
Mass Spectrometry
Core Facility Administration
Professional development
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This program has been set up by the CTLS Mentorship Focus Group with members Josh Rappoport (Chair), Ian Brewis, Luisa Cortes and Natalie Homer. Please email the CTLS Mentorship Focus Group if you have any questions or comments about this program. This focus group is part of the CTLS Training Working Group.