William Ritchie
PhD In Micromanipulation
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.RoslinEmbryology.co.uk |
| Industries: | Biotech |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Editing, Entrepreneurship, Public speaking, Writing |
| Location: | Edinburgh Scotland |
| Groups: | Edinburgh E-club |
| Visas: | Work world wide |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | teach embryology and how to use specialised embryology equipment |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Animal Breeding Research Organisation |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Description: | Bill went to work for the Animal Breeding Research Organisation (now the Roslin Institute) after college. On this farm he carried out many of the scientific measurements on sheep cattle and pigs as well as carrying out farm duties, including lambing of sheep.
It was at this farm in the Scottish borders that he began working towards a BA Honours Degree, and developed his interest in Science. A position in the Institutes surgery arose in 1986 and after a period of training Bill took up the position of anaesthetist where he anaesthetised sheep, cattle, pigs and deer for the experiments that were being carried out at that time. In 1989 the opportunity arose for Bill to gain some experience in embryology and equipment for micromanipulation became available. With little training he developed techniques for manipulation and successfully produced his first cloned lamb in the early 90’s, and went on to be the senior embryologist in the following experiments: 1994 Began manipulating cultured cells 1995 The first cloned animals from cultured cells (Morag and Megan) 1996 The first cloned animal from adult cells (Dolly) 1997 The first cloned animals from transgenic cells (Polly) 2001 The first cloned animal with a knocked out gene 2002 The first cloned pig in Europe. |
| Employer: | LentiVirus |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Description: | More recently Bill has worked with LentiVirus and has been successful in producing transgenic pig, sheep and mice, as well as using this process to knock down disease genes in sheep. He has travelled to France, Ireland, Hungary, Australia, Japan, Thailand, Dubai, India, Germany and Sweden as well as the UK to pass on some of his experience in this technology. |
| Employer: | Embryologist Teach |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Description: | Bill now works as a consultant Embryologist Teach many of the techniques which he developed during his career at the Roslin Institute. He runs workshops, training days and gives seminars. |
| Employer: | Roslin Embryology |
| Position: | Starter |
| Description: | Bill started his embryology company in response to the need for the training of embryologists in micromanipulation. “Roslin Embryology” is a company supplying advice and technical training to Government scientists and Science based companies.
www.RoslinEmbryology.co.uk |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | He has contributed to around 50 publications that include papers in Nature, Nature Biotechnology and Science, as well as writing book chapters on Nuclear Transfer and contributing to other publications. |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Skiing, Hill Walking |
William's Startups (1)
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Roslin Embryology
Roslin Embryology is a biotech startup changing the world by..Teaching Embryology and how to use "specalised embryology equipment."
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Digital Performance, Inc (DPI)
DPI's shopping network connects the millions of auto enthusiasts and thousands of manufacturers and resellers in the highly fragmented $40 billion performance automotive aftermarket.
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Iris sports
Ett system som kan registrera fysiologiska mätdata av olika slag som sedan registreras och bearbetas via en webtjänst. Baserat på avancerad teknologi av medicinsk kvalitet/sprungen ur medicinsk teknologi.