Justin Hobson, Cell Culture Specialist
As a Cell Culture Specialist at WiCell, Justin works in the lab performing cell banking, QC testing, and preparing core reagents for distribution on the UW Madison campus. In addition as part of the WiCell Stem Cell Bank team, Justin also assists with the distribution of stem cell lines to researchers worldwide. Prior to to joining WiCell Justin was an Intern at UIC College of Medicine at Rockford in the RMDR Lab, a R&D Intern at ThermoFisher Scientific where he assisted in the development of creating a kit to quantify a key cell-signaling pathway using Immunoprecipiation mass spectrometry (IP-MS). He hold his Bachelor’s Degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Justin enjoys the team-oriented atmosphere at WiCell and being able to support the local scientific community. In his off time Justin enjoys hockey, skiing, and hiking.