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scientific leader

About

Leader of group conducting reviews identifying safety liabilities of drug targets, developing outcome pathways to better understand drug mechanisms. Non-clinical safety project team member responsible for reporting preclinical packages for regulatory approval to support clinical studies, experienced in biologics and T cell therapy.

Country

united kingdom

City

stevenage

Industry

pharmaceuticals

Skill

in vitro, western blotting, biotechnology, glp, validation, protein expression, biochemistry, microbiology, pharmaceutical industry, research, toxicology, dna sequencing, biomarker discovery, bacterial cell culture, sop, early safety risk assessment, hazard identification, biopharmaceuticals, drug discovery, life sciences, clinical development

Experience

senior technician

imperial college london

1997-1 - 2000-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Researching hepatitis C, skills included cell culture, protein expression, biochemical techniques, western blot etc.

technician

university of reading

1994-1 - 1997-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Researching microbiology, skills included DNA sequencing, bacterial cell culture and protein expression.

scientific leader

gsk

2000-4 - Present · 26 yrs 6 mos

Leader of Target Safety Reviews assessing early safety hazards of pharmacological targets and developing strategies to mitigate risks in preclinical studies. Project Team Member representing Safety Assessment specializing in large molecule and T Cell Therapy, also involved in due diligence activities.