Experience

Invivoscribe

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Staff Scientist

  • Mar 2021 - May 2022

  • Serve as technical leader of TRG clonality assay that includes managing development aspects of project such as design (feasibility, optimization, validation, and verification), writing (including protocols, reports, design history documentation), and supervising execution. • Collaborate with cross-functional departments in Project Core Team meetings, present updates from R&D department and cooperate in overall project development • Supervise and manage direct reports, provide insight on… Show more • Serve as technical leader of TRG clonality assay that includes managing development aspects of project such as design (feasibility, optimization, validation, and verification), writing (including protocols, reports, design history documentation), and supervising execution. • Collaborate with cross-functional departments in Project Core Team meetings, present updates from R&D department and cooperate in overall project development • Supervise and manage direct reports, provide insight on studies performed to further their development. Show less



Hologic (Formerly Gen-Probe)

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Scientist II

  • Mar 2016 - Mar 2021

  • Supervised a team of research associates to generate supplemental analytical data to submit to the FDA in support of validating molecular diagnostics in the women’s health department on the Panther and Tigris instruments. • Supervised all aspects of studies of PANTHER harmonization project to validate changes to woman’s health assay sequence files for FDA submission • Work across multiple departments including clinical, quality control, engineering and marketing to provide support for… Show more • Supervised a team of research associates to generate supplemental analytical data to submit to the FDA in support of validating molecular diagnostics in the women’s health department on the Panther and Tigris instruments. • Supervised all aspects of studies of PANTHER harmonization project to validate changes to woman’s health assay sequence files for FDA submission • Work across multiple departments including clinical, quality control, engineering and marketing to provide support for other research and development projects • Train, educate and qualify new operators on the women’s health detection assays and Hologic core technologies

• Scientist I

  • Jun 2012 - Mar 2016

• Research Associate

  • Mar 2006 - Jun 2012

  • Maintained fleet of diagnostic instruments by performing monthly maintenances, archiving data, performing quality checks, upgrading system software and modifying configurations for studies as needed • Lead multiple studies to support CE mark and PMA submission of new women’s health detection assays the for the European and American markets Poster: Evaluation of the APTIMA® HPV Screening Assay on the PANTHER System Presented at annual Association for Molecular Pathology meeting… Show more • Maintained fleet of diagnostic instruments by performing monthly maintenances, archiving data, performing quality checks, upgrading system software and modifying configurations for studies as needed • Lead multiple studies to support CE mark and PMA submission of new women’s health detection assays the for the European and American markets Poster: Evaluation of the APTIMA® HPV Screening Assay on the PANTHER System Presented at annual Association for Molecular Pathology meeting in Long Beach 2012



GNF

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research Associate

  • Apr 2005 - Mar 2006

  Greater San Diego Area • Validated potential drug targets in a specific metabolic pathway using siRNA technology and qRT-PCR to assess gene knockdown and gene expression profiles • Analyzed gene expression profiles of different tissues from various mouse models by qRT-PCR to facilitate novel drug target discovery • Promoted follow-up experiments for drug targets identification program by rapidly cloning genes of interest into desired expression vectors • Designed primers to perform end point… Show more • Validated potential drug targets in a specific metabolic pathway using siRNA technology and qRT-PCR to assess gene knockdown and gene expression profiles • Analyzed gene expression profiles of different tissues from various mouse models by qRT-PCR to facilitate novel drug target discovery • Promoted follow-up experiments for drug targets identification program by rapidly cloning genes of interest into desired expression vectors • Designed primers to perform end point RT-PCR for certain genes in search of variable intron-exon splicing in mutant mice that displayed a phenotype of interest Show less



MedImmune

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Oct 2000 - May 2004

  Mountain View, Ca • Developed the current in-house high-throughput assay to genotype Influenza viruses via multiplex single-stranded conformation polymorphism (SSCP) • Became competent with automated equipment and liquid handlers Publications: Quinto JD, Wang CK. A high throughput single-stranded conformation polymorphism assay for detection, subtyping and genotyping of influenza viruses. International Congress Series. Vol 1263, 2004 June; 653-7. Maertzdorf J, Wang CK, Brown JB, Quinto… Show more • Developed the current in-house high-throughput assay to genotype Influenza viruses via multiplex single-stranded conformation polymorphism (SSCP) • Became competent with automated equipment and liquid handlers Publications: Quinto JD, Wang CK. A high throughput single-stranded conformation polymorphism assay for detection, subtyping and genotyping of influenza viruses. International Congress Series. Vol 1263, 2004 June; 653-7. Maertzdorf J, Wang CK, Brown JB, Quinto JD, Chu M, de Graaf M, van den Hoogen BG, Spaete R, Osterhaus AD, Fouchier RA. Real-time reverse transcriptase PCR assay for detection of human metapneumoviruses from all known genetic lineages. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Mar;42(3):981-6. Poster: A high throughput single-stranded conformation polymorphism assay for detection, subtyping and genotyping of influenza viruses. Presented at the annual Survey of Influenza meeting in Japan 2003 and American Society of Virology meeting at UC Davis 2003 Show less