Description
ACCOMPLISHMENTS / VALUE PROPOSITION * Scientist with 10+ years of experience in Cell therapy and Drug discovery space * Developed a novel scalable stem cell differentiation suspension scale up process to generate pancreatic beta cell therapy product at Janssen Pharmaceuticals and published findings in Nature Biotechnology and Diabetes Journal * Developed and optimized pioneering methods to make glucose responsive beta cells and assess their in-vitro glucose responsiveness at Janssen patent application is in the process of submission from Janssen on this work * Designed and implemented innovative high-throughput cell based assays to enable screening of cytotoxic small molecules on stem cells at Roche discovered and patented 15 lead molecules and published work in Cell Stem Cell Journal * Developed challenging cell based and immunological assays for screening of HBV and HCV biotherapeutic drug candidates as first-in-class treatment for HCV and HBV infection, at Roche and UMDNJ * Lead projects and identified a link between epigenetic regulator proteins and HCV/HBV oncoproteins using in-vitro sytem * Extensive experience in technical writing, scientific publications and patent applications, Key publications in high impact journals (Nature Biotechnology, Cell Stem Cells, Cancer Research) * Experience with qualification, validation, and transfer of assays in a GLP/ BSL3 environment
Work Experience
COMPANY | POSITION HELD | DATES WORKED |
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(Confidential) | Senior Consultant Scientist Cell Therapy | / - Present |
(Confidential) | Biochemistry Research Scientist (Recombinant Protein Purification) | / - Present |
(Confidential) | Scientist (High Throughput Drug Discovery And Virology Discovery) | / - Present |
(Confidential) | Post Doctoral Scientist | / - Present |
(Confidential) | Post Doctoral Scientist (Epigenetics)Scientist (Project Leader Independent Dbt Grant) | / - Present |