Colin Lee
Colin Lee
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.
PhD (Immunology and bioinformatics)
Supervisor: Prof. Menna Clatworthy
Dissertation title: Investigating the spatiotemporal dynamics of mononuclear phagocytes in solid tumours.
Awarded with no corrections.
University of Cambridge | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology | Wellcome Sanger Institute
MB BChir (Clinical medicine)
University of Cambridge, School of clinical medicine
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
2013-2014
International Baccalaureat Diploma Programme
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Singapore
Academic result: 45 points (out of maximum of 45)
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.
Academic supervisor in undergraduate pathology (medicine)
King's College, University of Cambridge
Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
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.
Undergraduate research student
McGovern Lab, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge
Investing phenotype and function of placental macrophages.
Undergraduate research fellow
Ondrus Lab, California Institute of Technology
CRISPR-directed mutagenesis of sonic hedgehog gene to manipulate cholesterolysis.
Undergraduate research student
Connolly Lab, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, A*STAR
Deep immune-phenotyping of rare primary immune deficiencies.
Anatomy dissection internship - University of Cambridge
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.
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
(~£60,000 p/a) - PhD studies
2021-present
University of Cambridge Clinical School Elmore Scholarship
(£2,500 p/a) - PhD studies
2021-present
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