Christopher Loades

Christopher Loades is a highly skilled Laboratory Operations Manager at Wellcome Sanger Institute, specializing in CRISPR-Cas-9 gene editing, R+D, and biobanking. Previous experience includes serving as Deputy Manager and Quality Lead at Queen Mary University of London, overseeing PCR diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2, and managing a laboratory team at NIAB focused on pathogen and diagnostic tests in agriculture. Additional roles at Concept Life Sciences and Pfizer involved technical consulting and analytical evaluation of medical devices. Christopher Loades holds a PhD in Plant Biochemistry and Plant Pathology from the University of Southampton and an MSc in European Biotechnology from Nottingham Trent University.