Rebecca (Becky) Bernat, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Work with a team of hardware and software engineers, signal processing experts, biologists, designers and other talented people to develop noninvasive technology for animal research applicable to multiple disease areas. Plan, research, write, coordinate and administer grant applications for new technology.Oversee and administer research projects.Coordinate scientific work and projects with external collaborators.Evaluate new applications and technology; design experiments, collect and analyze data.Create informational, marketing and training content.Provide service and support to existing and prospective customers.*Signal Solutions, LLC has developed the PiezoSleep system, a high throughput and completely noninvasive system to monitor sleep and wake in mice based on piezoelectric motion sensing. Signal Solutions is currently developing technology to automate seizure detection and monitor tremors and breathing from within an animal’s cage, to simplify disease research and improve animal welfare.

Lexington, Ky

Consultant to company developing noninvasive biofluid genomics-based diagnostics. Involved in grant planning and writing, clinical study planning, product development.

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Multiple roles in biotechnology company focused on new approaches to treating neurodegenerative, inflammatory diseases and cancer.Researched and identified funding agencies and opportunities related to company’s objectives.Wrote, edited application documents, budgets, coordinated grant submissions.Hired and trained staff, supervised work, reviewed data, documented progress of various projects.Coordinated and tracked projects with external collaborators and contractors.

Provided scientific, clinical and competitive information and analysis for all aspects and phases of drug development for virology and other disease areas.Supported projects related to target evaluation, disease models and experimental systems, virus host interactions, population and genetic variability in susceptibility and treatment response, emerging viral diseases, disease comorbidity, clinical trial design, regulatory and drug safety issues.Facilitated decision making for scientific and strategic planning using information from scientific literature, biomedical, pharmaceutical, and patent databases. Provided scientific and editorial input to Portfolio Strategy planning, prepared presentations for internal reviews.Edited and distributed weekly virology news alert. Distilled information from numerous sources to provide timely and targeted information related to diseases, drugs, clinical trials, competitors and regulatory issues.Created and maintained disease and competitor databases.Managed department’s IACUC compliance documentation.

Yeast genetic approaches studying drug-protein interactions in the laboratory of Dr. David Botstein ( inaugural recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in 2013 for pioneering ideas for human genome mapping – congratulations!). Human Y chromosome genomic studies, HY-antigen research in the laboratory of Dr. Doug Vollrath.

Ph.D., Human Genetics

Ph.D. research on kinetochore organization and function in the laboratory of Dr. William Earnshaw, (elected as a Fellow of the Royal.

Bs, Biology

Many great classes in the PSU Biology department sparked my interest in science. First lab job in an aquatic biology lab. Unforgettable.

Teacher Credential Program

Coursework in Assessment, Educational Psychology, Science Methods, Language and Learning. Student teaching experience in General Biology.

Certificate, Biotechnology Project Management