Dr Brian Jackson
- Position: Head of Research Facilities
- Areas of expertise: Leadership; Change Management; Protein Purification; Chromatography; Confocal Microscopy
- Email: B.R.Jackson@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 7369
- Location: 9.108f Astbury
- Website: FBS Research Facilities | Research Facility SharePoint | LinkedIn | Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID
Profile
I completed my undergraduate degree and PhD, both at the University of East Anglia, before joining the Univeristy of Leeds in 2008 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the virology laboratory of Prof Adrian Whitehouse working on the oncogenic virus KSHV.
In 2012 I was awarded a Wellcome Trust ISSF Junior Independent Research Fellowship investigating mechanisms of genome instability in cancer development.
I moved into Research Facilities management in 2015 when I took over running of the Bioimaging and Flow Cytometry Facilities. I established the Protein Production Facility, which opened in 2017, that I managed for 6 years followed by managing the Integrated Biomedical Services facility.
In 2025 I was appointed as Head of Research Facilities for the Faculty and I now oversee the strategic leadership of this critical research infrastructure.
Qualifications
- Executive Leadership Level 7 Apprenticeship, Leeds Business School, 2025
- NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, 2022
- PhD Molecular Microbiology, University of East Anglia, 2008
- BSc (Hons) Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of East Anglia, 2004