Brian Corbin Email & Phone Number

Morgantown, Pennsylvania, United States

Greater Philadelphia Area

Collegeville, PA

Customer Application Scientist at Dow Microbial Control responsible for the Water Treatment, Metalworking, Crop Protection, Building Materials and Paint & Coating segments within the North American Customer Application Center. Responsible for providing technical service and driving growth for all existing and new NAA customers.

I specialized in the research, development and optimization of an antibody discovery platform to identify novel therapeutics for the targeted treatment of Huntington’s disease. I construct synthetic single chain Fv antibody fragment libraries, screen the libraries against target proteins and isolate target-specific antibodies. I characterize the.

Microbios

I conducted research to facilitate the development of a commercial probiotic. I was also the Operations Manager of the Ithaca Milk Creamery. This role provided me with extensive training in a commercial food-testing laboratory. During my two year tenure I was directly responsible for the implementation and maintenance of a Quality Assurance / Quality.

• Designed, executed and interpreted original and independent research to determine how the phagocytic protein calprotectin inhibits Staphylococcus aureus growth.
• Determined the effect of mast cells on S. aureus growth in vitro and in vivo.
• Examined how S. aureus senses alterations in iron availability to modulate expression of virulence factors.
• Presented research findings at laboratory, departmental, national and international meetings.
• Wrote and edited academic grants and manuscripts.
• Managed undergraduate and graduate students.

Phd, Microbiology And Molecular Genetics

Ms, Biology

B.S., Microbiology