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Hire Dr. Christopher A.

United Kingdom

AI-Driven Drug Discovery Scientist | Immunology & Vaccine Development | Translational Biology | PhD

Profile Summary

PhD-trained translational scientist with 16+ years of experience spanning academia and biotechnology, specialising in immunology, vaccinology, and AI-enabled therapeutic discovery. Currently leading drug discovery programmes at an AI-first biotech, translating computational predictions into experimental strategies and programme decisions. Experienced in target evaluation, multi-omics data interpretation, CRO management, and cross-functional scientific leadership. Available for consulting in drug discovery strategy, scientific due diligence, data interpretation, AI-enabled R&D workflows, scientific writing, and translational biology.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Molecular Biology
• ★ Drug Discovery
• ★ Vaccine Development
• ☆ Developmental Biology
• ☆ Embryology
• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Microarrays
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Protein Sequencing
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ RNA Synthesis
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ DNA/Gene Synthesis
• ☆ Oligonucleotide Synthesis
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ ChIP-Seq
• ☆ Monoclonal Antibody Production
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Gene Regulation
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Primary Cells
• ☆ Cell Line Engineering
• ☆ Synthetic Biology
• ☆ Immunohistochemistry
• ☆ R

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Image Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Senior Scientist

Baseimmune Ltd.

April 2024 - July 2026

Postodoctoral Fellow

Imperial College London

March 2019 - March 2024

Postdoctoral Fellow

National University of Singapore Mechanobiology Institute

March 2014 - February 2019

PhD student

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

September 2009 - December 2013

Internship

École Normale Supérieure

September 2008 - December 2009

Internship

Laboratoire de Biochimie Théorique

April 2009 - July 2009

Internship

Université Paris Descartes

January 2009 - March 2009

Internship

MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit

March 2008 - August 2008

Internship

Ifremer Centre de Bretagne

March 2006 - June 2006

Education

PhD in Natural Sciences

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

September 2009 - December 2013

Master in Interdisciplinary Approach of LifeSciences

Université Paris Diderot

September 2008 - June 2009

Bachelor in Genomic and Proteomic

Université Lille 1 - Sciences et Technologies

September 2006 - June 2007

Higher National Diploma in Biology and Biochemistry

Université de Bretagne Occidentale

September 2004 - June 2006

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Christopher Amourda, Laura Blackie, Pedro Gaspar, Laura Martin-Coll, Anadika R. Prasad, Andrew H. House, Minna Holopainen, Hanna Ruhanen, Nicole Lamichane, Dafni Hadjieconomou, et al. (2026). Myc sustains sex-biased organ zonation in the Drosophila intestine . Developmental Cell.

Christopher Amourda, Tomotsune Ameku, Anna Laddach, Hannah Beckwith, Alexandra Milona, Loranzie S. Rogers, Cornelia Schwayer, Emma Nye, Iain R. Tough, Jean-Louis Thoumas, et al. (2025). Growth of the maternal intestine during reproduction . Cell.

Christopher Amourda, Andrew M Jobbins, Nejc Haberman, Natalia Artigas, Helen A B Paterson, Sijia Yu, Samuel J I Blackford, Alex Montoya, Marian Dore, Yi-Fang Wang, et al. (2022). Dysregulated RNA polyadenylation contributes to metabolic impairment in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease . Nucleic Acids Research.

Christopher Amourda, Christen K. Mirth, Timothy E. Saunders (2021). Growing Up in a Changing World: Environmental Regulation of Development in Insects . Annual Review of Entomology.

(2018). Selective Filopodia Adhesion Ensures Robust Cell Matching in the Drosophila Heart . Developmental Cell.

Christopher Amourda, Jeronica Chong, Timothy E. Saunders (2018). Temporal development of Drosophila embryos is highly robust across a wide temperature range . Journal of The Royal Society Interface.

Christopher Amourda, Anqi Huang, Shaobo Zhang, Nicholas S Tolwinski, Timothy E Saunders(2017). Decoding temporal interpretation of the morphogen Bicoid in the early Drosophila embryo . eLife. 6. {eLife} Sciences Organisation, Ltd.

Christopher Amourda, Zijun Sun, Murat Shagirov, Yusuke Hara, Timothy E. Saunders, Yusuke Toyama(2017). Basolateral protrusion and apical contraction cooperatively drive Drosophila germ-band extension . Nature Cell Biology. 19. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 375--383. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Amourda, Christopher and Saunders, Timothy E.(2017). Gene expression boundary scaling and organ size regulation in the Drosophila embryo . Development, Growth & Differentiation.

Saladin, Adrien and Amourda, Christopher and Poulain, Pierre and F{\'{e}}rey, Nicolas and Baaden, Marc and Zacharias, Martin and Delalande, Olivier and Pr{\'{e}}vost, Chantal(2010). Modeling the early stage of DNA sequence recognition within RecA nucleoprotein filaments . Nucleic acids research. 38. (19). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 6313--6323.

Suquet, M and Amourda, C and Mingant, C and Queau, I and Lebrun, L and Brizard, R(2007). Setting of a procedure for experimental incubation of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) embryos . Aquaculture. 273. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 503--508.

OTHER

Christopher Amourda, Jeronica Chong, Timothy E. Saunders(2018). MicroRNAs buffer genetic variation at specific temperatures during embryonic development . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Christopher Amourda, Timothy E. Saunders(2018). The mirtron miR-1010 functions in concert with its host gene SKIP to maintain synaptic homeostasis . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Christopher Amourda, Jeronica Chong, Timothy E. Saunders(2018). Temporal development of Drosophila embryos is highly robust across a wide temperature range . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

PREPRINT

Christopher Amourda, Anqi Huang, Shaobo Zhang, Nicholas S. Tolwinski, Timothy E. Saunders (2017). Decoding temporal interpretation of the morphogen Bicoid in the earlyDrosophilaembryo .