Dr Michele Darrow
Michele received her PhD from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX for her work using cryo electron tomography and cryo soft X-ray tomography to study the structural basis of protein misfolding disorders. After a post-doctoral position at Diamond Light Source, she joined SPT Labtech as a Development Scientist, where she has directed the internal and external research activities associated with chameleon – an automated, blot-free, pico-litre dispensing robot for cryo electron microscopy sample preparation. In 2021, Michele joined the Franklin as Head of Data Strategy for Cryo Electron Imaging.
Michele’s research interests focus on the combination of citizen science with machine learning strategies to allow accurate, robust, and efficient data processing for volumetric imaging data.
Machine Vision for Bioimaging
Many biological questions can only be answered through visualisation. Seeing is believing, however seeing something that is biologically interesting usually also requires image processing to turn that qualitative observation into quantitative information.
In Utero
Stillbirth is the result of varied processes taking place within both the mother’s and baby’s organs during pregnancy – a time of rapid changes.
Citizen Science
People-powered research, or citizen science, is the participation of non-experts in scientific research. There are many ways to take part in citizen science, but one popular way is through the Zooniverse platform.