Abhishek Kothari

Amgen India | University of Cambridge | Peptide and Oligonucleotides | Outsourcing

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

Abhishek is responsible for leading Peptide Project and has expertise in Solid Phase Peptide synthesis using various instruments like CS Bio, CEM microwave peptide synthesizer. He has experience in setting up Peptide Synthesis capability. He has experience in heading projects in Peptide chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Specialties: solution and solid phase peptide synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry and Organic Chemistry,

Experience

  • Outsourcing- Peptides and Oligonucleotides at Amgen
    Jul 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

  • Senior Principal Investigator at Syngene
    Mar 2015 - Jul 2019 · 4 yrs 5 mos

  • Research Scientist at Intonation
    Dec 2013 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Research Investigator at Biocon Bristol-Myers Squibb Research Centre, Syngene International Limited
    Apr 2010 - Dec 2013 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Involved in designing, optimization and synthesis of small molecules for various therapeutic areas and supporting lead optimization to drive SAR. The responsibilities are- • To enhance the speed and Efficiency to identify NCEs • Facilitate rapid SAR generation through focused library synthesis • Solution-phase Peptide synthesis and parallel synthesis

  • Visiting Scholar at University of Oxford
    Oct 2008 - Feb 2010 · 1 yr 5 mos