Ryan Collinson

Ryan Collinson is a Researcher at the University of Western Australia's School of Biomedical Sciences, affiliated with the Translational Cancer Pathology Laboratory (TCPL). He holds roles as Research Associate (2025-present), Research Assistant (2024-2025, casual), and Casual Teaching staff in Multi-Discipline programs. His work focuses on blood cancers like Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN), particularly investigating chromosomal abnormalities and megakaryocyte dysfunction in myelofibrosis progression. He developed the immuno-flowFISH technique to detect high-risk genetic markers in patient samples.

Education: PhD in Biomedical Sciences (completed), focusing on megakaryopoiesis dysregulation. Teaching includes courses like Cancer Pathology (PATH3309) and Medical Genetics (PATH3305). Industrial collaboration via sponsored research with pharmaceutical industry.

Key research areas include stem cell biology, next-generation sequencing, and proteomics. Notable contributions include identifying biomarkers for MPN progression and clinical translation of genetic discoveries.

• Awards: 2024 HSANZ Travel Award, 2022 PSA Best Talk Award, and multiple clinical research accolades
• Lab Work: Specializes in cell culture techniques for megakaryocytes, flow cytometry, and imaging analyses of bone marrow samples