A day in the life of scientist in R&D

Tom Harper is a Scientist II at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Protein Diagnostics Division (PDX). After completing his MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham, UK, he worked as a COVID-19 molecular diagnostics technician. He then joined The Binding Site where he worked on EXENT, the first mass spectrometry-based solution for diagnosing multiple myeloma. Following The Binding Site’s acquisition by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Tom is now involved with product design, regulatory submissions, proof of concept work and platform improvements.