Product Manager of Flow Cytometry
STEMCELL Technologies, Cambridge, UK

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lotte-carr-5394a31aa/

Lotte Carr is the Product Manager of Flow Cytometry at STEMCELL Technologies in Cambridge, UK. She studied Biochemistry at the University of Bristol and completed a Year in Industry at EMBL in Rainer Pepperkok’s team, where she first discovered the power of advanced technologies and collaborative science. Lotte later trained as a flow cytometrist at the Francis Crick Institute, developing deep hands-on expertise in instrumentation and shared resource laboratory support.

This foundation in cytometry led her to join the Cambridge-based spin-out Cellular Highways, where she contributed to the development of the Highway1™ microfluidic cell sorter. Following the acquisition of Cellular Highways by STEMCELL Technologies, Lotte transitioned into her current role, where she helps shape the development of next-generation microfluidic cell sorting technologies for research, translational science, and cell therapy.

Scientific Interest and Avenues for Collaboration
Driven by her experience in shared resource laboratories and hands-on instrumentation and applications development, Lotte views cytometry as an adaptable and engineerable system that should evolve alongside biological and translational needs. She is particularly motivated to advance microfluidic technologies across settings ranging from basic research to higher-containment environments and cell therapy, given their potential to enable gentle, sterile, and intuitive cell sorting. Her collaborative approach is inherently cross-disciplinary, bringing together cytometrists, engineers, software developers, biologists, and clinicians to co-develop technologies, rigorously validate them through comparative studies, and translate innovation into real-world impact. Through partnerships spanning academia, industry, and international training networks, she aims to accelerate technological progress while fostering mentorship, knowledge exchange, and broader access to next-generation cytometric tools.

Participation / Support of ISAC
For the past three years, Lotte has represented Cellular Highways and subsequently STEMCELL Technologies at CYTO, exhibiting the Highway1™ microfluidic sorter. She has greatly enjoyed engaging with the flow cytometry community through these meetings and looks forward to becoming increasingly involved in ISAC activities.

Lotte applied to the ISAC Leadership Development Program through the International Innovators track, motivated by a desire to reduce barriers in accessibility, safety, and gentleness of cell sorting. She hopes to contribute to a culture of collaboration, innovation, and mentorship that accelerates the development and global impact of novel cytometric technologies, particularly microfluidic sorting.

A particularly influential figure in Lotte’s career has been her former manager and the founder of Cellular Highways, Samson Rogers, whose enthusiasm for technology development and collaborative approach have had a lasting impact on her professional journey.