Colin Lee
Summary
MB-PhD candidate and Gates Cambridge Scholar at the University of Cambridge.
Academic and research experience in immunology, comuputational, molecular and cellular biology, and biochemistry in the UK, US, and Asia.
Education
PhD (Immunology and bioinformatics)
Supervisor: Prof. Menna Clatworthy
Dissertation title: Investigating the spatiotemporal dynamics of mononuclear phagocytes in solid tumours.
University of Cambridge | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology | Wellcome Sanger Institute
2020 - present
MB BChir (Clinical medicine)
University of Cambridge, School of clinical medicine
2017 - 2020
BA (Pre-clinical medicine)
1st year - Class I (Hons); Cohort ranking: 1/314
2nd year - Class I (Hons); Cohort ranking: 3/305
3rd year - Class I (Hons); No ranking (Covid '19)
3rd year majors: Immunology, Cancer and genetic diseases
King's College, University of Cambridge
Reserach and Academic experience
Doctoral research student / post-doctoral bioinformatician
Clatworthy Lab
Molecular Immunity Unit, University of Cambridge; Cellular Genetics, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Investigating the spatiotemporal dynamics of tumour-infiltrating leukocytes.
2020 - ongoing
Academic supervisor in undergraduate pathology (medicine)
King's College, University of Cambridge
Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
2020 - 2022
Clinical researcher
Department of Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals
Devising optical protocols in surveillance of hereditary diffuse gastric cancer.
Predicting immune-related adverse events with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
October 2019 - March 2020
Undergraduate research student
McGovern Lab, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge
Investing phenotype and function of placental macrophages.
June - September 2019
Undergraduate research fellow
Ondrus Lab, California Institute of Technology
CRISPR-directed mutagenesis of sonic hedgehog gene to manipulate cholesterolysis.
June - Septeber 2018
Undergraduate research student
Connolly Lab, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, A*STAR
Deep immune-phenotyping of rare primary immune deficiencies.
June 2018
Anatomy dissection internship - University of Cambridge
Skills
Programming: R, Python, bash scripting.
Bioinformatics:
'Bulk' profiling - RNA-seq, mass spectrometry, ATAC-seq, VDJ-seq;
Single-cell profiling - scRNA-seq, scVDJ-seq, scATAC-seq, CITE-seq;
Spatial: spatial transcriptomics, spatial proteomics.
Biochemistry and cell biology: Flow cytometry, CRISPR, RNA expression, genotyping, cloning, western blots, ELISAs, FRET reporter systems, genetic recombination, sterile cell culture, microscopy.
Clinical statistics and data analysis.
Awards
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
(~£60,000 p/a) - PhD studies
2021-present
Best abstract presentation award - United European Gastroenterology Week 2022
October 2022
Best poster presentation award - Cambridge Immunology Forum 2022
September 2022
University of Cambridge Clinical School Elmore Scholarship
(£2,500 p/a) - PhD studies
2021-present
NCRI award - Best abstract, NCRI festival 2021
November 2021
Top 5 research presentation - Cambridge University Clinical Research INSPIRE conference 2020
February 2021
King's college scholarship (£350 p/a)
2018, 2019, 2020
Caltech SURF fellowship (£5100 eq.)
June 2019
HE Durham fund research grant (£2500)
June 2019
James Ferris grant for research (£500)
May 2019
A*STAR undergrauate research attachment grant (£2000 eq.)
June 2018
King's college internship grant (£500)
May 2018