Kirsty is the Deputy Facility Manager at the Imaging Facility of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ. She earned her PhD in Structural Virology from the University of Glasgow and gained further experience through postdoctoral roles in Lausanne, Switzerland, and Paris, France. Prior to joining the Â鶹ÊÓƵ in 2022, she worked as an electron microscopist and facility manager at the National Â鶹ÊÓƵ for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), where she specialized in high-resolution imaging techniques to ensure the safety of biological medicines. At the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, she focuses on VolumeEM and CLEM methodologies to study cellular and molecular biology.