Ashil Bans
Castro Valley,CA
Summary
Senior Research Associate specializes in establishing project objectives, developing experimental plan and effectively prioritizing tasks to meet time sensitive delivery goals. Serves as point person for executing in vivo research projects and disseminating findings to leadership. Displays strong written and oral communication skills to present complex analyses effectively.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Research Associate
Spotlight Therapeutics
08.2020 - Current
- Administered compounds to drug candidates and ensured their health safety
- Designed, executed, and supervised in-vivo experiments
- Helped with external collaborations with CROs and established new protocols
- Ability to multi-task effectively and prioritize workload
- Prepared and presented comprehensive technical or project reports and formal presentations
- Maintained laboratory notebooks and followed laboratory practices in compliance
Senior Research Associate
Second Genome
08.2019 - 08.2020
- Coordinate IACUC and program review activities
- Developed new animal models as appropriate
- Analyzed, interpret, and present data within Discovery group
- Bookkeeping detailed and clear records of all experiments performed and data generated via Prism and Labbi
- Designed, planning, and executing in vivo pharmacology studies to evaluate the pharmacology, pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, tolerability and mechanism of action of drug candidates.
Research Associate
Dynavax Inc
03.2017 - 07.2019
- Support research studies with tumor implantation, measurements, experimental procedures, necropsy and sample collection
- Proficient in survival surgery including Liver portal vein cell implant, Xenograft tumor implant, Tumor removal, Lung perfusion and various oncology techniques
- Perform blood draws and sample collection for serology testing and microbial monitoring
- Assure that animals housed in the facility are properly identified, that individual animal records are up to date and available as needed
- Order, maintain, receive and organize lab supplies, feed, and bedding, caging equipment and other related supplies in a timely manner and according to SOPs
- Perform daily clinical observation of mice and report any abnormalities to the Senior Manager or Attending Veterinarian and Principal Investigators.
Animal Care Technician
Stanford School of Medicine
04.2016 - 02.2017
- Harvesting tissues for Histology
- Responsible for observing health conditions of animals, recognizing and report common signs of clinical illness and/or irregularities in animal behavior
- Accurately and effectively communicate progress in written and verbal form
- In vivo/ animal research: Animal Restraint, Animal Identification (Chipping), Blood Collection via cardiac puncture, Oral Gavage, Intraperitoneal Injection, Subcutaneous Injection.
Bio Technician III
SRI International
01.2014 - 03.2016
- Served as project lead for preclinical, in-vivo drug development studies
- Plan out supply and personnel needs, work with teams in accomplishing tasks and summarize findings for study directors, clients, and management
- Performed dosing through various routes and blood collection on model organisms
- Analyze protocols and work with study directors and management to increase study/staff efficiency.
Veterinary Assistant
Montclair Veterinary Hospital
08.2011 - 01.2014
- Familiarity with Feline/ Canine medical terminology and common conditions
- Experience in restraint while minimizing stress
- Competency in Vaccination, injections, giving SQ fluids
- Place IV catheters
- Venipuncture
- Taking Digital X-rays
- Experience monitoring Anesthesia
- Fill out prescriptions and communicate instructions to clients.
Research Associate
University of California Berkeley
01.2009 - 04.2011
- Performed technical duties such as in vivo dosing of different animal models via various techniques including intramuscular, intravenous, intradermal, subcutaneous, and oral routes
- Collected blood and tissues for analysis and interface with contracted laboratory vendors
- Responsible for observing health conditions of animals
- Performed necropsy on animals following standard protocols.
Education
B.S in Biology -
University of San Francisco
Skills
- Efficacy studies: tumor inoculations, tumor measurements, blood draws (survival and terminal bleed), necropsy and tissue collection and processing, dosing of therapeutic agents by various routes of administration (IP, Intra-tumoral, Intradermal, Intramuscular, oral gavage and IV)
- Flow Cytometry, RNA & DNA Isolation, ELISA, Primary Cell Culture, Western Blot
Office Skills
- Study log
- FlowJo
- Microsoft Office
- Graphpad Prism
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
- Optimization
- Excellent record keeping
- Clear and concise communication
Timeline
Senior Research Associate
Spotlight Therapeutics
08.2020 - Current
Senior Research Associate
Second Genome
08.2019 - 08.2020
Research Associate
Dynavax Inc
03.2017 - 07.2019
Animal Care Technician
Stanford School of Medicine
04.2016 - 02.2017
Bio Technician III
SRI International
01.2014 - 03.2016
Veterinary Assistant
Montclair Veterinary Hospital
08.2011 - 01.2014
Research Associate
University of California Berkeley
01.2009 - 04.2011
B.S in Biology -
University of San Francisco