Robert Bendesky Email & Phone Number

United States

Specializing in rodent behavior assays

3400 Civic Center Blvd Philadelphia, PA 19104

The Beatty laboratory incorporates both basic science research and clinical investigation to define strategies for leveraging the immune system for the treatment of cancer. The team’s mission is to define mechanisms of resistance and response to immunotherapy in an effort to design effective strategies to condition tumors and patients for enhanced.

Horsham, Pennsylvania

Supervisor, Tech Ops. Supervise members of the Technical Operations group including: management and training of personnel, participation in interdepartmental and intradepartmental projects and point of contact in matters pertaining to operation of the laboratory. Responsible for managing the technical staff in assigned area to ensure compliance with the.

Hamilton, NJ

• Plan, optimize, and perform In-vivo assays
• Specialize in small animal models for drug discovery in Immunology and Inflammation, Oncology, Metabolic, and Cardiovascular diseases.
• Execute novel compound efficacy studies in various animal models of disease and PK/ PD Studies
• Murine tumor imaging with IVIS
• Utilize SAARP platform for murine whole-body x-ray radiation and targeted x-ray tumor radiation

Exton, PA

• Senior Research Associate
• CNS research, specializing in Electroencephalography and Electromyography experiments in rats and mice, including surgical implantation of electrodes, configuration of EEG recording equipment, dosing and running.
• Measured electro-myocardial deficits in SOD mice, showed deficiencies in motor action potentials before behavioral deficits became noticeable.
• Performed 6-OHDA chemical lesioning of rat brains for testing in dopamine-related assays.
• Additionally performed a variety of behavioral studies, necropsy dissections, tissue preparation.

West Chester, PA

Worked in Oncology Research and Drug Discovery: Cultured various cancer cell lines for secondary cellular assays to detect phosphorylation of ALK, FAK or AXL cells, prepared xenograft implants into SCID and Nu/Nu mice, dosed with test compounds and measure tumor growth and regression for anti-tumor efficacy studies and PK/PD analysis. Ran Western Blots on.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Administered the nation's largest database of Type I Diabetes families (6500+ individuals). Queried database to answer researcher's questions, created reports, and produced targeted mailing lists. Worked on Pennsylvania Grant to study Diabetic Retinopathy, Examined Ophthalmologist medical records to divide subjects into groups based on rate of progression.

King Of Prussia, PA

Implanted arterial catheters into rat femoral artery. Developed and ran 4x4 and 6x2 Latin Square studies. Determined post-treatment Ca++ plasma levels. Centrifuged and collected plasma for PTH and Drug Level analysis. Analyzed data.

Worked in Neuropharmacology, Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology, and New Lead Pharmacology departments,Characterized anti-hypertensive activities of the novel Angiotensin II receptor antagonist Losartan (Cozaar®).Gathered information on target medical conditions, modified existing techniques and created new protocols to suit the current research focus..