Research Associate
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Center
- Ability to quickly assess complex situations, design, plan and execute mouse models for vaccine models, lupus disease and CAR-NK cells (cellular therapy), B-lymphocyte development as evidenced by abstracts and presentations in conferences
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues and use immunological methods such as isolation of primary immune cells such as NK cells from human blood samples and feeder-cell and feeder cell free based NK cell expansion
- Proficient in isolation of NK cells from non-human primate PBMC and lymph node and expand using feeder cell system for proof-of-concept CAR NK cells, cryopreservation of expanded NK cells, transfection using Maxcyte system
- Ability to write clinical regulatory documents and contribute to IACUC protocols & IBC amendments, material transfer agreements with academic institutions for research reagents & resources, and non-profit organizations while mentoring students.