Stuart McKellar

Stuart is a patent scientist with an academic background in molecular biology, microbiology and virology. His research has given him practical experience in genetic modification techniques, RNA and protein biochemistry, fluorescence microscopy, multiple next-generation sequencing techniques and mass spectroscopy. Additionally, Stuart developed expertise in Python-based computational biology.

During his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, Stuart’s research interrogated the mechanisms underlying how non-coding RNAs regulate the translation of mRNAs and therefore the resulting proteome. Stuart focused on how such mechanisms allow bacteria to survive when infecting humans and he published this work in Nature Communications.

Afterwards, Stuart continued his academic career at Guy’s Hospital in collaboration with King’s College London. Here, he studied how Influenza A virus shuts down the innate defences of its infected host cell. Additionally, he was involved in the development of a novel COVID testing platform.