Sphere Fluidics appoints Dr Tris Vaughan

Sphere Fluidics develops and manufactures Cyto-Mine, an automated platform which integrates screening, sorting, isolation and clone verification. The system provides high-throughput single cell analysis and monoclonality assurance for antibody discovery and cell line development.
 
Dr Vaughan is Vice President R&D Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering for MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca. He has held several key roles in MedImmune where he currently leads a team of 120 scientists. Prior to joining MedImmune, Dr Vaughan was also a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto and a graduate of the University of Leeds Genetics Department.
 
Dr Frank Craig, CEO, Sphere Fluidics, said: “Dr Vaughan’s knowledge and expertise gained throughout his longstanding and successful career in biopharmaceutical discovery and development will be an invaluable addition to our board of scientific advisors. We look forward to working with him to help strengthen the application of our technology for the industry.”