xiangbin xu

executive director, boston innovation center

About

* With 12+ post Ph.D experience in the pharmaceutical industries and academic institutes in China and US. * In-depth knowledge and expertise in the therapeutic areas of liver diseases, respiratory diseases, infectious and inflammatory, immunology, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, fibrosis as well as oncology * With strong leadership skill to lead R&D functional department, and to lead the discovery early development and biomarker projects. * Expertise and skills in assay development and in vitro screening for both small and large molecule drugs, in vivo animal disease model including performing PoC efficacy and PK/PD, as well as in ex vivo assays in human samples. * Proven abilities in building external networks and collaborations, managing alliances, as well as in search and evaluation of external in-licensing opportunities. * Experience in establishment and management of pharmaceutical R&D laboratory, including management of operation, safety and quality. * Excellent written and verbal communication in English and Chinese

Country

china

City

shanghai

Industry

pharmaceuticals

Skill

laboratory, preclinical development, qpcr, cell biology, elisa, in vivo, immunomodulators, confocal microscopy, assay development, sirna, luciferase reporter gene assay, business development, cell, biotechnology, external collaberation, immunology, life sciences, cell culture, fluorescent/cofocal microscopy, drug discovery, molecular biology, western bloting, oncology, pharmaceutics, in vivo animal models, in vitro, cell based assays, in vitro assay, rt pcr, immunoprecipitation, molecular cloning, research, pharmaceutical industry, flow cytometry, biomarkers, r&d, real time pcr

Experience

senior scientist, biology

johnson & johnson

2012-6 - 2015-6 · 3 yrs 1 mo

executive director, boston innovation center

senior manager, external collaberation and cro management

johnson & johnson

2015-6 - 2016-4 · 11 mos

postdotoral research associate, cardiovascular and metabolism diseases

university of rochester

2006-2 - 2007-3 · 1 yr 2 mos

postdoctoral fellow, cardiovascular and metabolism diseases

louisiana state university

2004-9 - 2006-2 · 1 yr 6 mos

assistant professor, microbiology and immunology

university of rochester

2007-3 - 2012-6 · 5 yrs 4 mos

director, head of molecular and cellular biology

shanghai hengrui phamaceutical

2016-4 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos

1. Lead a team of biochemists/molecular biologists/cell biologists for target validation, assay development and in vitro screening for both small and large molecule drugs, and also for team to grow, including mentoring, developing personnel, managing performances 2． Evaluate new drug targets for unmet medical needs in various disease areas; Establish robust and reproducible biochemical and cell culture models to evaluate biological properties of test compounds and Biologics. 3． Lead selected projects, coordinating with in vivo Pharmacology, DMPK, Chemistry or Biologics teams, and monitoring project progress; 4． Establish technical and data quality control guidelines. 5． Prepare documents for collaboration or out-licensing needs. Represent the company in establishing collaborations on research/technology platforms.