Dawn Kuszynski, PhD
Research/Project Scientist at TSRL, Inc- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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TSRL, Inc
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United States
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research/Project Scientist
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Jun 2022 - 1 year 7 months
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States - Design research projects and write study protocols - Plan and conduct in vivo experimental procedures - Prepare written reports - Serve on IACUC - Assist in grant preparation - Oversee animal husbandry - Study director
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Michigan State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Aug 2017 - Jul 2022
East Lansing, Michigan, United States • Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills demonstrated by managing a multifaceted life sciences research project, resulting in funding of a NIH F31 training grant. • Experience clearly communicating complex topics to diverse audiences as evidenced by 2 award-winning scientific presentations. • Strong leader and relationship builder with advanced skills in biological systems as demonstrated by the optimization of 18 different drug discovery methodologies, which lead to the publication… Show more • Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills demonstrated by managing a multifaceted life sciences research project, resulting in funding of a NIH F31 training grant. • Experience clearly communicating complex topics to diverse audiences as evidenced by 2 award-winning scientific presentations. • Strong leader and relationship builder with advanced skills in biological systems as demonstrated by the optimization of 18 different drug discovery methodologies, which lead to the publication of 2 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and 1 review article: PMID: 31372229, PMID: 34606835 and PMID: 35678974 • Excellent project and time management as demonstrated by the 15 students trained Show less
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Intellectual Property Commercialization Intern
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Jan 2020 - Sep 2021
East Lansing, Michigan, United States • Knowledge of current market trends demonstrated by the investigation of commercial potential of intellectual property, leading to the file of provisional patents on >15 technologies. • Strong interview and presentation skills demonstrated by weekly interviews with inventors at Michigan State University and presentations of the technologies in front of Technology Managers. • Knowledge of current industry trends as demonstrated by developing a list of target companies for license… Show more • Knowledge of current market trends demonstrated by the investigation of commercial potential of intellectual property, leading to the file of provisional patents on >15 technologies. • Strong interview and presentation skills demonstrated by weekly interviews with inventors at Michigan State University and presentations of the technologies in front of Technology Managers. • Knowledge of current industry trends as demonstrated by developing a list of target companies for license negotiation on each technology resulting in the production of Commercial Opportunity Announcements, web listings and other marketing materials. Show less
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University of Michigan
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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Jul 2016 - Aug 2017
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Creating mutations in the Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor (RYR2) for further analysis Techniques include: Mutagenesis, PCR, rt-PCR, qPCR, binding assays Resulted in 1 peer-reviewed publication. PMID: 30835254 *I worked part-time during the school year, and full time during the summer.
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Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Sep 2014 - Dec 2016
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Determining the effects of cancer drugs on Adrenocortical Carcinoma Techniques: Cell culture, MTS Assay, cell titer glo assay, migration assay, sphere formation, protein quantification, western blot Resulted in 2 peer-reviewed publications: PMID: 32255264 and PMID: 34572375
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Education
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Michigan State University
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmacology and Toxicology and Integrative Toxicology -
University of Michigan
Cell and Molecular Biology, GPA: 3.025