San Francisco, California, United States
My overall research interests focus on understanding the integration of metabolism with transcriptional and translational systems. My career goal is to become an independent investigator in an academic position studying the physiological mechanisms that coordinate these systems and the pathologic contexts where they may be therapeutically targeted. I prioritize establishing collaborations with industry wherever possible to develop therapeutic opportunities that arise from my basic research. My Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IW42iAkAAAAJ&hl=en
Laboratory of Louis Ptacek and Ying-Hui Fu
Member of Dr. Joseph Bass's laboratory in the division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine.
Member of Dr. Joseph Bass's laboratory in the division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine.
I established Orpheden Therapeutics to commercialize a personalized dendritic cell immunotherapy based on a patent generated by professors at Northwestern University and the NIH. Initially for use in treating breast cancer, the therapy was designed as a platform technology that could easily be developed into novel therapeutic indications. We successfully raised a first round of funding on the business plan competition circuit. We were in negotiations for a second round when we exited because a competitive immunotherapeutic achieved breakthrough status with the FDA. Through this entrepreneurial endeavor conducted in evenings and weekends, I created networks and expertise that will be invaluable in supporting my academic goals.
Established and managed collaborative relationships with key laboratories across the United States and in Europe. Assisted labs with experimental design, training, technical support, and data analysis. Conceived and created technical white-sheets, video, print, web content for all life sciences products.
Conducted literature searches to generate customers for biological applications of novel membrane products.
Member of Dr. Robert Bambara's HIV lab. "HIV-1 Nucleocapsid Protein is Regulated by Host Histone Acetyltransferase" Determined the extent and impact of acetylation of HIV nucleocapsid protein on melting and annealing functions during reverse transcription and genomic integration. Wrote and defended a senior thesis based on research.