Michael Manzano
New City,NY
Summary
-Scientist in a Pharmaceutical Research and Drug Discovery setting
-Extensive experience in Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Animal Behavior
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Scientist I
PsychoGenics, Inc.
01.2000 - 07.2023
- Design experiments, analyze data, and report results to sponsors
- Conducts experiments on mice and rats for screening novel compounds for potential therapeutic usage in neuropsychiatric disorders
- Extensive experience in handling and dosing of mice and rats
- Performs tissue and blood collection for pharmacokinetic screening
- Develops animal models for behavior screening
- Routes of administration: intraperitoneal (IP), subcutaneous (SC), oral (PO), intracerebroventricular (ICV), intramuscular (IM)
- Formulation of compounds for use in solutions for drug administrations
- Prepares chemical solutions and dilutions
- Tests pH; apply chemical techniques to unknown compounds
Research Associate
ImmunoTherapy, Inc
05.1998 - 01.2000
- Manage animal colony; responsible for care and feeding of rats and mice
- Supports research staff in conducting immunology and cancer therapeutic research
Optical Technician
Nova Optical Laboratory
11.1996 - 05.1998
- Worked in lens processing for use in prescription and non-prescription eyewear
Education
Master's - Pharmaceutical Sciences - Pharmacology
St. John's University
New York, NY05.2011
Bachelor's - Biology
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Mahwah, NJ05.1995
Associate - Liberal Arts & Science - Mathematics & Science
SUNY Rockland Community College
Suffern, NY05.1993
Skills
- Behavior and In vivo neuropharmacology on mice and rats - 10 years
- Molecular biology, immunology, cell culture, cancer research - 2 years
- PCR - 2 years
- ELISA - 2 years
- Gel Electrophoresis - 2 years
- Western Blots - 2 years
- Flow Cytometry, FACS - 2 years
- Protein Purification - 2 years
- Cell Culture - 2 years
- Aseptic techniques - 2 years
- MS Office - 10 years
- GraphPad Prism - 2 years
- StatView - 10 years
Timeline
Associate Scientist I
PsychoGenics, Inc.
01.2000 - 07.2023
Research Associate
ImmunoTherapy, Inc
05.1998 - 01.2000
Optical Technician
Nova Optical Laboratory
11.1996 - 05.1998
Master's - Pharmaceutical Sciences - Pharmacology
St. John's University
Bachelor's - Biology
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Associate - Liberal Arts & Science - Mathematics & Science
SUNY Rockland Community College