Edgardo Sanabria-Valentín, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New Jersey, United States

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-Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)-Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)-Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Program (INCLUDES)

Greater New York City Area

• The Program for Research Initiatives in Science and Math (PRISM) at John Jay College provides opportunities for our undergrads to participate in research projects with faculty advisors at John Jay. In the last five.
• Secured ~$3M in grants from NYSED-CSTEP to increase support to our undergraduate research program.
• Evaluated and selected students to participate in our Research Training Workshops, the first step to gain admission into our Undergraduate Research Program. Coordinated the 3-day long workshops, offered twice a year.
• Monitor program participants’ research projects and experiences and coach participants to present research at national meetings. Collaborate in program assessment and grant and progress report writing.
• Assist students in preparing to apply to graduate programs, develop professional development activities, and coordinate seminars and professional school visits.
• Coach students interested in the health professions through their time at John Jay, providing both targeted academic advising and preparing them for the admission process.

New York, New York, United States

• The Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York (PSC-CUNY) Research Award Program was established as a major vehicle for the University's encouragement and support of faculty research and leverage external.
• Invited ad-hoc external reviewer, Biology and Earth Sciences panel, PSC-CUNY grant award program, The City University of New York

Cambridge, MA

Building of Symbiota's Intelectual Property portfolio and launching of new research facilities.

Boston, MA

• Sample6 is developing the world’s first synthetic-biology based bacterial diagnostic system capable of enrichment-free detection of as low as 1CFU/ml in just a few hours.
• 1st employee and scientist hired for Sample6, where I validated their first product internally and on-site at partner locations (food producers).
• Project manager for the “Alpha” pilot program for product testing. Interacted with pilot partners to obtain test samples and perform on-site trainings.
• Designed and evaluated early-stage technology and key product functions to assess usability and performance for the development of a bacteria diagnostic system.
• Evaluated kit components for sensitivity performance on detection.
• Designed and created “Instruction for Use” and other interactive training materials.

Greater Boston Area

• Sample6 is developing the world’s first synthetic-biology based bacterial diagnostic system capable of enrichment-free detection of as low as 1CFU/ml in just a few hours.
• Designed and performed detection assays to evaluate different enzymatic payload candidates for the engineering pipeline (biofilm dispersal enzymes for Novophage and luciferase variants for Sample6 pathogen-detection.
• Internally collaborated on design of a core genetic engineering platform to modify candidate phages.
• Responsible for development and optimization of bacterial biofilms model systems (small to large scales) to test the efficacy of engineered phages and enzymes on biofilm dispersal.
• HT-sequencing for bacterial composition of surface contamination in target markets (HVAC and climate control and Paper mills) (Novophage).
• Performed DNA cloning, sequencing, recombineering, HT Sequencing (Illumina).

Greater New York City Area

• The Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York (PSC-CUNY) Research Award Program was established as a major vehicle for the University's encouragement and support of faculty research and leverage external.
• Invited ad-hoc external reviewer, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology panel, PSC-CUNY grant award program, The City University of New York, 2007-2010

Greater Boston Area

• Novophage seeked to use the latests developments of synthetic biology to develop a new generation of biologically-inspired decontaminants for industrial surfaces.
• Staff Scientist, involved in product design and validation strategies.
• First employee and scientist hired by the company.

Greater Boston Area

• The European Career Fair @ MIT is the largest annual trans-continental career fair in the US, and it aims to interface employers from Europe with the most talented candidates that live in the US. It is wholly run by.
• Principal event coordinator responsible for scheduling volunteers, interacting with company representatives, and coordinating all fair-day activities.
• Press/PR team member, responsible of establishing relationships with members of the media and with Career Coordinators/counselors across the New England area.

Greater Boston Area

• Roberto Kolter’s lab focuses on biofilm physiology, interspecies interactions, small molecule natural products, and microbial ecology and evolution.
• Successfully developed a high-throughput screen to identify novel anti-biofilm compounds, leading to a collaborative publication.
• Developed secondary assays to study inhibition of biofilm development in Bacillus subtilis, leading to a collaborative publication with E. Shank's group at UNC-Chapel Hill.
• Collaborated with several lab-members to evaluate a new easy to use and simple gene-expression technology (Nanostring). Optimized the lyse, cell density, and buffer conditions. One of the first labs to use this novel.
• Performed screen in collaboration with the ICCB-Longwood / NSRB / NERCE Screening Core Facility, the John Clardy lab and the Richard Losick lab.
• Wrote grants (NIH fellowship and R01 for the lab).

Greater New York City Area

• Martin Blaser’s Lab focuses on pathogenesis of Helicobacter and Campylobacter species, and the role of the human microbiota on health and disease.
• Developed ELISA-based diagnostic tools to detect immune responses to H. pylori surface moieties during disease progression. Used human and animal samples.
• Isolation and purification of macromolecules from bacteria (particularly LPS).
• Developed genetic-based tools to study slipped-strand mispairing-mediated phase variation.
• Managed collaboration to study the effects of LPS structure of Helicobacter on immune responses. Wrote grants (NIH fellowship, part of an RO1 renewal).
• Directly supervised and mentored undergraduate, graduate, and medical students

Greater New York City Area

• The John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a senior college of the City University of New York in Midtown Manhattan, New York City and is the only liberal arts college with a criminal justice and forensic focus in the.
• Taught the General Biology Laboratory to freshmen for two semesters.
• Created and/or modified some of the current "standard" laboratory exercises using interactive tools and new teaching aids.

Puerto Rico

• Mildred Chaparro’s lab focuses on the study of the prevalence of pathogenic microorganisms on tropical seafood.
• Designed and tested tools for the isolation, identification, and characterization of pathogenic Aeromomas hydrophila from food products.

Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences

Activities and Societies: NYC Minority Graduate Student Network (Founding member and Co-Chair), The Leadership Alliance, Sackler's Summer.

Ms, Microbiology

The Department of Microbiology at New York University School of Medicine brings together a variety of biomedical researchers united by the.

Bachelor Of Science, Industrial Microbiology

Activities and Societies: βββ National Biology Honor SocietyThe Industrial Microbiology Program at UPRM integrates and develops the.

Schools, Applied Molecular Microbiology

"Microbial Metabolites: from signals to drugs" September 2010