Eric Blackstone Email & Phone Number

Freelance

As part of the advertising team, I focused on creating/editing/fact-checking educational and promotional materials concerning drugs useful for treating conditions in hematology/oncology. The main target of the materials were healthcare professionals (HCPs), and I occasionally contributed to materials that were more patient focused.

Freelance

For my first foray into pharmaceutical advertising, I helped the team create training materials concerning drugs useful for treating very rare diseases. These materials were targeted to health care professionals in many settings including conferences, journal articles, and training sessions. My main contributions were in fact-checking, editing, and.

Seattle, WA

• Optimized lab techniques for large-scale production of lipid nanoparticles in a GMP facility
• Awarded several commercialization grants totaling over $400,000
• Presented to the Innovation Showcase, New Ventures Advisory Board, X/Seed Capital, WINGS, and other local investment groups
• Identified a regulatory specialist and have been working with her extensively to create a regulatory plan, including a pre-IND meeting
• Identified lab space to occupy once we receive funding
• Vetted CROs for both the manufacture of our agent under GMP standards and for pre-clinical toxicology tests under GLP standards

• Executed over 50 licenses to transfer technology from the University to industry
• Drafted and oversaw inter-institutional agreements for co-owned inventions
• Negotiated with entrepreneurs and university scientists to create startup companies
• Consulted with both internal and external attorneys to manage university IP and contracts
• Maintained all responsibilities as Licensing Associate (see below)

• Evaluate new technologies for commercialization — Analyze patentability prospects and identify prior art — Research markets and contact potential licensees• Manage the Biological Materials Portfolio — Market the portfolio actively to relevant companies — Draft and negotiate term sheets and licenses• Develop online resources describing technologies.

Captain of the private sailing vessel Tupo, I sailed South to Zihuatanejo and up North into the Sea of Cortez and many places in between.

Discovered techniques by which mammals are placed into an artificial state of suspended animation that is protective against otherwise lethal hypoxia

Designed and used microarrays to identify genes important in the pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients

Identified patent-infringing devices for clients and negotiated settlements

Taught biology, chemistry, physics, math, and English in secondary school while integrating with the local community, while organizing health education seminars and demonstrations and founded a small microfinance center to encourage entrepreneurship

Discovered a novel regulation method for an FGF gene in sea urchins

Ph.D., Molecular And Cellular Biology, Physiology

Dissertation titled “Hydrogen Sulfide Induced Suspended Animation”, 2006. Work published in Science, April 2005, and Shock, April 2007..

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

B.S., Biology