Deborah Park

Continued contributing to the drug discovery work with the same responsibilities from the previous role while also supporting new target programs, authoring IND reports, and managing a direct report.

Contributed to drug discovery work as part of the cell biology team by designing, optimizing, and executing assays for screening small molecule drugs, advancing mechanism of action understanding, and collaborating with in vivo and toxicology teams with ad hoc experiments and tasks. + Designed, optimized, and executed in vitro assays. + Managed multiple CRO studies. + Assisted with creation of data package for DC nomination, IND reports, and series C fundraising. + Received multiple awards in recognition of exceptional work and teamwork.

Assisted with the development and application of the company large scale, single-molecule proteome analysis platform: + Designed and executed experiments to validate antibodies. + Collaborated with and optimized sample preparation process for new target protein purification and bioconjugation. + Managed an external collaborative project.

Worked as a PhD candidate in Dr. Karen Zito's lab to investigate the role of NMDAR signaling in memory formation and neurological disorders such as schizophrenia, and got to collaborate with Astellas to confirm mechanism of action for proprietary therapeutic compound. + Designed, optimized, and executed experiments + Presented research data at joint lab meetings and conferences + Published in 7 papers from collaborations and thesis work + Trained new additions to the team

Prepared, transfected, and stained dissociated neuronal cultures for imaging under confocal microscopy to help investigate the molecular and cellular mechanism of synaptic plasticity.