Jonathan Evans Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, California, United States

Managing NGS and qPCR capabilities at Pivot Bio including onsite Illumina and Nanopore WGS, Amplicon-Seq, RNA-Seq, and RT-qPCR. Extensively collaborating within R&D as well as Agronomy, Regulatory, and Commercial Support teams to perform experiments and produce data for many purposes. Continuously improving and reducing costs by adapting to new.

Hayward, CA

Recruited to the IP/Patent Team and contributed towards responding to legal actions and overseeing the combined Plant Response and Koch/Mendel patent portfolio. Designed and performed experiments to advance product concepts and generate marketing materials. Led screening and early advancement of a product discovery pipeline.

Hayward, CA

Led the Mode of Action (MOA) Team responsible for screening, early hit advancement, qPCR/RT-PCR, and NGS lab pipelines. Implemented effective experimental design to develop several assays that directly resulted in the promotion of lead compounds. Developed new skills in RStudio and statistical analysis. Inventor on patent for more cost effective and novel.

Hayward, CA

Performed qPCR/RT-PCR and expression profiling experiments (NGS RNA-Seq and microarrays) for the Expression Profiling and Systems Biology (EPSB) Team. Developed a passion for optimizing and automating molecular biology methods essential to our team. Designed a custom NGS 3’-Seq library synthesis method resulting in a cost savings of 80-90% vs standard.