Research scientist with expertise in applying molecular & cell biology methods and bioinformatics skills to small molecule drug development. Over 20 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry with a record of making key contributions to a wide range of projects from exploratory to phase II clinical programs. Noted for working collaboratively on cross functional project teams and achieving project objectives in a time constrained results driven environment.Specialties: Cloning and expression; vector construction; synthetic gene design; DNA and RNA isolation; cDNA library construction; cell culture - transient expression and stable cell line generation; high level eukaryotic gene expression; protein expression analysis; qRT-PCR; Affymetrix GeneChip microarray technology; bioinformatics; automation systems