The Team
We are a small team of biologists and chemists with several years of experience in the analytical sciences.
Dr Tessa Moses
Metabolomics Specialist & Facility Manager
+44 (0)131 650 8284
Background
Tessa obtained her PhD in Biotechnology from the lab of Prof. Alain Goossens, University of Ghent, Belgium in 2012 on the metabolic engineering of plants and yeast for the production of triterpenoid saponin building blocks. She was a postdoctoral scientist in the group of Prof. Anne Osbourn, John Innes Centre until 2015 where she worked on exploiting the syntegron technology platform for the assembly and optimisation of complex genetic ensembles, in particular the development of a triterpenoid biosensor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. She obtained a Special Research Fund (BOF) from the University of Ghent, Belgium in 2015 to work as a doctoral assistant with research activities on the engineering of yeast for the screening and sustainable production of high-value pharmaceutical and pesticidal triterpenoids. Tessa joined the University of Edinburgh in 2017 as a postdoctoral research associate in the group of Prof. Susan Rosser to develop a yeast platform for saponin production with applications in home and personal care products. She has extensively used metabolomics in her synthetic biology projects with expertise in the analysis of specialized small molecule natural products. She joined EdinOmics as the Metabolomics Specialist and Facility Manager of EdinOmics in 2019.
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Lisa Imrie
Proteomics Specialist
+44 (0)131 650 6044
Background
Lisa completed her BSc (Hons) in Microbiology and Biotechnology from Napier University in 2003. She undertook her Honours project at Moredun Research Facility where she was then offered a position in their Functional Genomics Unit providing an Edman degradation protein sequencing service to the units’ clients. She quickly moved on to working with the mass spectrometers within the facility and this is where her expertise grew. In 2013 she joined the Kinetic Parameter Facility at the University of Edinburgh (since rebranded as EdinOmics) working with the units Thermo Scientific QExactive mass spectrometer to provide a reliable and robust proteomics service. She now works alongside the units other specialists to provide a comprehensive 'omics' service to both internal and external clients.
In 2018, Lisa embarked on a part time PhD project linked to the Visicort project. Her aim is to use multiomics to characterise different eye tissues in keratoconus and Fuch's dystrophy patients.
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Fraser Massie
Junior Technician
+44 (0)131 650 6044
Background
Fraser completed his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences in 2019. During his honours project he analysed the expression of NLRP10 in the A549 cell line. After a short break from lab work he began his scientific career in his role as Junior Technician at EdinOmics in 2021.
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Jessica O'Loughlin
Research Support Technician
+44 (0)131 650 6044
Background
Jessica recently graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry from The University of Edinburgh. Linking with her microbial-mediated metabolism interests, she investigated the seasonal and technical variation of archaeal methanogens and other anaerobic prokaryotes in the gastrointestinal tract of feral sheep for her dissertation project. Immediately following this, she began working at EdinOmics in 2023 as research support technician for mass spectrometry to compensate for prolonged sick cover.
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