Emma Nye

Emma Nye

Qualifications and history

  • 1998 BSc Biomedical Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
  • 2000 Research Scientist, Lorantis Ltd., Cambridge, UK
  • 2004 Senior Scientific Officer, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, UK
  • 2009 Operational Lab Head, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, UK
  • 2014 Head of Experimental Histopathology, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK

Emma Nye has over two decades’ experience in histology, working primarily in a research setting.

In her first role as a researcher in a drug discovery start-up, Emma was responsible for setting up the histology department. In 2004 she joined the newly-created Experimental Histopathology unit at the London Research Institute, before it became part of the Crick. She played a major role in shaping and organising the lab, and in 2014 she became head of the lab to oversee the transition to the Crick.

Emma conducts and oversees many of the lab’s activities, specialising in mouse dissection, advanced immunohistochemistry and imaging techniques.