John Lesnick Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, CA, US

Great Abington, Cambridge, GB

I specialize in workflow analysis and application development to address customer requirements. Leveraging the breadth and depth of my technical expertise, I support product development and technical marketing to bridge product features and customer needs. Enthusiastically facilitating innovative products and early adopter collaboration.

Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Île-de-France, FR

Senior Field Applications Scientist and Director, Commercial Applications

Winooski, Vermont, US

Integration of liquid handling and detection applications for automated solutions.

San Jose, California, US

Managed and supported application needs of the organization: Customers, Sales, Field Applications, Technical Marketing. Commercial Marketing, Product Development.

San Jose, California, US

• Responsible for generation of scientific content to support growth initiatives in genomics and drug discovery segments.
• Managed team and laboratory charged with developing compelling scientific content to enable marketing and sales programs.
• Leveraged industry trends and competitive analysis to guide collaboration strategies, inform marketing plans and set roadmap priorities.

San Jose, California, US

• Served as technical lead on marketing and sales activities to monitor scientific quality and relevance to target segments.
• Collaborated regularly with department leads across several functional teams to guide experimental planning, validate new product applications and prepare product demonstrations.

San Jose, California, US

Development and implementation of laboratory automation solutions in genomics, including research and clinical applications. Work closely with customers and collaborators, field applications, marketing staff and R&D to identify, evaluate and develop new applications for all Labcyte products. Application areas of interest include: Genomics research.

South San Francisco, California, US

* Support several project teams and international collaborators (Xenon, Piramed, Roche) from target characterization to contribution of IND filing(s) or project termination in oncology, immunology and neuroscience.* Utilized a range of established and emerging platforms e.g. high-content, ion-flux, MSD, MSA, luminescent and fluorescent based assays to.

Alameda, California, US

Established platform(s) and assay development for 7TM, kinase and other novel cell based targets for HTS and SAR screening for cancer, insecticide and metabolic syndrome therapy areas in collaboration with teams both internal and external (Bayer). Developed and screened several small molecule and peptide activated targets in enzymatic and innovative cell.

Established a laboratory to de-orphanize 7TM chemosensory receptors exploiting molecular pharmacological, biochemical and recombinant tools and techniques. Created the compound inventory for screening. Developed novel assays and screened focused libraries against primary cultured cells, receptor targets and host cell lines for chemosensory therapeutics.

South San Francisco, CA, US

Developed, validated, established protocols and managed assays to determine potency and efficacy of novel chemical entities. Assayed ligand binding, signal transduction and interaction with GPCR’s and ion channels with a variety of techniques, assay platforms and cellular systems. Managed research associates’ productivity. Managed the Department intranet.

Developed, validated, established protocols and performed agonist-mediated assays for [35S]GTPgS, cAMP accumulation and changes in intracellular calcium in membrane and whole cells utilizing FlashplateÔ, SPAÔ, and FLIPRÔ technologies. Optimized frequently utilized assays for high-throughput screening. Supervised new research associates in the laboratory..