Derek Davies

Derek Davies Cytometry

Derek is an independent Cytometry consultant offering education and training in all forms of cytometry. He was previously the National Science Technology Platform (STP) Training Lead at the Francis Crick Institute in London where his role was to develop Educational and Training courses to support Biomedical Research in the UK and beyond. He co-organises the section’s annual flow cytometry course at the University of York and is active in promotion of cytometry via focussed meetings and other courses. He is one of the principal organisers of the flowcytometryUK annual meeting. Derek is particularly keen to promote cytometry education within the UK and beyond.
 

Yanping Guo

Dr. Yanping Guo specialises in high-content flow cytometry and single-cell analysis. As the Flow Cytometry TTP Manager at UCL Cancer Institute, she supports researchers and clinicians in immunophenotyping, biomarker discovery, and cancer research. She is passionate about applying flow and mass cytometry to basic, translational, and clinical cancer research, focusing on tumour heterogeneity, the microenvironment, and immune responses.

Beyond her technical expertise, Yanping is a dedicated leader in the flow cytometry community. As part of the Technician Commitment, she leads UCL’s technical staff mentoring programme and foster professional development for technical staff. As RMS Flow Cytometry Section Chair, she oversees RMS flow cytometry meetings, courses, and events while organising training workshops.

Jessica Houston

Dr. Jessica P. Houston is a Professor of Chemical & Materials Engineering at New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces, NM. Her research includes flow cytometry instrument optimization, fluorescence dynamics, high-throughput systems, optofluidics, and fluorescence bioprobes. Dr. Houston has been at NMSU since 2009 where she first began her career in academia as an Assistant Professor. She came to NMSU after completing a 3-year Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship within the Bioscience Division at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (2006-2009). Dr. Houston provides service to a variety of scientific societies, boards, and advisory councils. She is President of ISAC (International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry, 2023-2026), Chair of ISAC Executive Committee, and serves on the council and as ex-officio of all 12 ISAC committees and numerous task forces and working groups.

Additionally, Dr. Houston is Chair of the Conference on Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Cells and Tissues for the SPIE Photonics West Congress. Her scientific contributions have been presented in high impact papers, proceedings, and chapters, as well as numerous conference abstracts and invited international and national symposia. She holds a patent on lifetime measurements with cytometry and as a faculty member teaches fluid mechanics, biomedical engineering, process control, and dynamics. In 2024 Dr. Houston became a Faculty Fulbright Scholar in Brazil at the University of Sao Paulo.