Ashhurst Thomas Myles

Dr. Thomas Ashhurst is an immunologist and high-dimensional cytometry specialist with the Sydney Cytometry Core Research Facility at The University of Sydney. In this role he provides advanced training and consultation for users of high-dimensional cytometry platforms, and leads a research effort to develop and apply a range of single-cell cytometry/imaging technologies and assays, as well as computational analysis tools, to map dynamic immune responses over time, space, and disease. In particular, he applies these approaches collaboratively to the study of immunology and infectious disease, including emerging pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, Zika virus encephalitis, and West Nile virus encephalitis. Dr. Ashhurst’s training includes a Bachelor of Science (hons) and a Ph.D. in Medicine (Pathology/Immunology) from the University of Sydney, where he investigated the mobilisation of the murine haematopoietic and immune systems in response to viral encephalitis using high-dimensional flow and mass cytometry in the laboratory of Prof. Nicholas King. He was a recipient of a Sydney Medical School travelling fellowship in 2014 to facilitate his training in mass cytometry in the laboratory of Dr. Garry Nolan at Stanford University as a visiting researcher. Dr. Ashhurst was awarded a prestigious ISAC Marylou Ingram Scholarship by the International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC) in 2017, and currently serves as the ‘Systems Cytometry’ & NSW representative of the Systems Immunology special interest group (SIG) of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Immunology. He is also actively involved in the Australasian Cytometry Society, Oz Single Cell consortium, and Human Cell Atlas (HCA) community, attending HCA general meetings in Hinxton, UK (2018), and Tokyo, Japan (2019).