About

I'm Tyler Henderson, a biotechnologist working in cell and gene therapy. For the past several years I've developed gene-therapy vectors and CAR-T manufacturing processes at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, in the Michael Pulsipher Lab, where I also serve as lab manager.

My work sits at the bench and just above it: designing and producing lentiviral vectors, optimizing titer and transduction efficiency, building flow cytometry panels for product characterization, and writing the SOPs that keep a BSL2+ CAR-T workflow reproducible and compliant. I've taken dozens of constructs from design through pre-clinical mouse-model testing.

In May 2026 I completed a Professional Master of Science & Technology in Biotechnology at the University of Utah, pairing that bench background with training in regulatory affairs, operations, and project management — the parts of the field that move a process from a research bench toward the clinic.

I'm also the kind of scientist who automates the boring parts. I built and self-host an open-source lab-operations platform for the lab, called Benchhbuddy, and I run a small fleet of self-hosted tools at home. I like reproducible workflows, clear documentation, and making complex technical work legible to the people who need to act on it.

Outside the lab you might find me backpacking with my partner in the Wasatch Mountains.

Want to get in touch? Email me at [email protected], or find me on GitHub and LinkedIn.