marybeth pysz

Responsible for databasing radiation safety records (Paradox database system)

* Group Leader: Pharmacology and in vivo imaging for site * Manages Pharmacology group activities: team of 8 people * In vivo efficacy, PK, and tolerability study design, timeline management, and execution in mice * Led lab startup and biological application development for in vivo imaging * Supervises PK bioanalysis execution and data analysis for mouse PK studies * Pharmacology reports in support of IND applications * Orthotopic cancer xenograft mouse models * Project team support (e.g., data analyses; presentations) and strategy * Previous roles: * GLP/non-GLP PK/TK analysis and reporting for toxicology studies in mice, rats, and cynomolgus monkeys

Converted plant monitoring data from MS-DOS to Windows based program. Designed Visual Basic program in Microsoft Excel to size and cost water chillers.

* Lab management: responsible for ordering and supply management * Mentored and collaborated with coworkers on various lab projects * Managed projects involving several collaborations with other labs across Stanford University * Independent research focus studying molecular ultrasound imaging strategies for early detection/diagnosis of and therapeutic treatment monitoring of cancer * Subcutaneous and orthotopic xenograft, and transgenic mouse models of cancer * Working knowledge of bioluminescence, PET, and CT imaging.

* 2+ year fellowship in the Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars Program * Worked with PI on grant applications * Authored/co-authored 14 publications & 1 book chapter in span of 3.5 years * Poster and oral presentations of work given at World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) and AACR meetings

* 3 year Ruth L. Kirschstein postdoctoral fellowship awardee * Investigated the role of protein kinase C signaling in regulation of cyclin D1 expression in normal and neoplastic intestine. * Authored/co-authored 6 publications * Presented work in posters at AACR meetings and department seminars * in vitro skills including * overexpression & knockdown techniques using adenovirus & lentivirus expansion & transduction, * siRNA transient transfection of cultured cells, * cell line culture, * expression analyses: western & northern blot analysis, qPCR * longitudinal analysis of pharmacological treatments affecting cell signaling pathways * flow cytometry analysis of apoptosis and cell cycle

Minors in Math, Computer Science"]

Minor in Biotechnology","- Growth of and characterization of differential gene expression of biofilm formation and heat shock response by hyperthermophilic archae and bacteria","- Authored/co-authored 6 publications and 1 book chapter"]