Flow Cytometry Core

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Managing Director

     Kevin P. Weller supported Vanderbilt University Flow Cytometry for 5 years serving as the Applications Scientist for both reagents and instrumentation from BD Biosciences prior to joining Vanderbilt .  He is experienced with most aspects of flow cytometric cell analysis, cell sorting, experimental design, and troubleshooting.  He has assisted many researchers at Vanderbilt in developing their research and has played a significant role in growing the science of Flow Cytometry at Vanderbilt.

     Before working for BD Biosciences Kevin had a myriad of roles at the University of Illinois at Chicago including Flow Cytometry Core Manager, Clinical Coordinator and Project Manager for a multi-national study investigating fetal cells in maternal blood  as well as being a part-time graduate student.  Prior to that he worked at BD Immunocytometry Systems (BDIS) in R&D developing flow cytometry based applications. Before working at BDIS he was at Systemix Inc. doing stem cell research and working in a Phase II multiple myeloma clinical trial involving processing and sorting of massive blood products by flow cytometry for later infusion back into patients.  Kevin’s initial experience in science was at his alma matter, Montana State University, where he worked on a xenogeneic cell homing model that tracked cells specifically homing to various tissues using flow cytometry.
 

Core Research Assistant II

David Flaherty has 3 years of research experience using the BD LSRII flow cytometer at The Ohio State University.  In Dr. Joanne Turner’s laboratory he focused his research on murine host mediated immunological response to M. tuberculosis infection.  His research has included looking at activated T cells and macrophages from the lungs and lymph nodes of infected mice.

Core Research Assistant I

 

Brittany Matlock joined the lab after receiving her degree from Lipscomb University in Biochemistry.  She has learned the most current techniques for optimizing the instruments and setting up sophisticated experiments and is highly valued by Vanderbilt’s research community.

Scientific Director
    James E. Crowe, Jr., M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Core Director. Dr. Crowe founded the Vanderbilt Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Resource in the spring of 2003 and has directed the development and activity of the resource continuously since that time. His laboratory conducts basic research in immunology and cell biology.