Affiliation: The Francis Crick Institute/ Genetic Modification Service

Katharine Mankelow studied Zoology at the University of Southampton and joined the National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) in 2011 as a research technician within the Procedural Services Department. Here she focused on murine embryo and sperm cryopreservation, and micromanipulation of preimplantation stage mouse embryos. In 2014, she managed the large-scale rederivation programme of 1,500 lines from NIMR to the new Francis Crick Institute in London. Katharine is now a Senior Manager of the Transgenic Service within the Genetic Modification Service at the Francis Crick Institute, responsible for managing and archiving over 5,000 cryopreserved lines, managing the rederivation programme and assisting in the production of genetically modified lines here at the Crick. Katharine is also a LASA section convenor for the LASA-ASTG meetings.