Icon has announced the appointments of Tom McCloskey as associate director, cellular immunology, research and development and Alamelu Chandrasekaran to the position of manager, molecular diagnostics
These two newly-created roles will enhance the scientific consultation services that ICON Central Laboratories provides to its global customers.
Prior to joining Icon, McCloskey served as director of flow cytometry for the department of pediatrics at North Shore University Hospital, and most recently as scientist-in-charge for the flow cytometry core facility.
He brings over 20 years experience to assay development using flow cytometry and has written more than 40 manuscripts related to flow cytometry.
A frequent presenter at international conferences, he is a member of the New York/New Jersey Flow Cytometry Society and the International Society for Analytical Cytology.
In 1998, McCloskey won the Presidential Award of Excellence, presented to the top young investigator in flow cytometry worldwide.
Chandrasekaran obtained her master of science degree in biochemistry from University of Madras, India, and PhD in Immunology from MGR Medical University, Chennai, India.
She was a post doctoral fellow at the department of pediatric immunology, North Shore-LIJ Research Institute, NY, and then worked as a research associate and research scientist at North Shore-LIJ Research Core facility and Genomics Center, where she managed QPCR and Microarray facilities.
She has intensive experience in assay developments for gene expression and SNP genotyping.
Commenting on the appointments of McCloskey and Chandrasekaran, Robert Scott-Edwards, president of Icon Central Laboratories, said, "We are delighted that two such highly-qualified scientists have joined the staff at Icon Central Laboratories.
"They bring with them extensive knowledge in the areas of molecular diagnostics and flow cytometry and we look forward to them playing a leading role in enhancing the levels of scientific expertise that we can bring to our global customers."
