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Ken Leclair Email & Phone Number
Scientific & Technical Advisor, Chair SAB
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Freelance
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@novartis.com
2 phones found area 617
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Scientific & Technical Advisor, Chair SAB
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Needham, Massachusetts, United States
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Ken Leclair is listed as Scientific & Technical Advisor, Chair SAB at Freelance, based in Needham, Massachusetts, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at novartis.com, phone signal with area code 617, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Ken Leclair.
Ken Leclair previously worked as Scientific & Technical Advisor, SAB Chair at Lykan Bioscience and Chief Technology Officer at Lykan Bioscience. Ken Leclair holds Ph.D., Immunobiology from Yale University.
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About Ken Leclair
I am a manufacturing process sciences specialist with experience developing biologics, gene therapy viral and non-viral vectors, and engineered cell therapy products. I can help guide the early translational development and successful scale-up of innovative gene therapies, and engineered cell therapy products.Teams I have built apply critical CMC principles and current regulatory guidelines to successfully translate gene and cell therapies from academic research labs and biotechnology start-ups into manufacturing processes that are suitable for scale up and early stage clinical testing.I am a successful team builder and manager with a strong reputation in global pharma, biotech, CMO, and academic communities.
Listed skills include Molecular Biology, Protein Expression, Immunology, Life Sciences, and 5 others.
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15 roles · 39 years
Ken Leclair work experience
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Scientific & Technical Advisor, Sab Chair
CurrentLykan Bio is a Manufacturing Service Organization that works with carefully selected partners to manufacture innovative cell therapies for early clinical trials through to late stage and commercial markets. We will work to develop innovative technology solutions to enable partners to optimize their cell therapies that can benefit many patients with significant unmet medical needs. Together with our partners, we will be "Transforming The Future Together".
Mar 2023 - Present
Chief Technology Officer
Apr 2021 - Mar 2023
Scientific Advisory Board
Current
Mit Smart Camp
Jan 2023 - Present
Member Board Of Directors
Current
Jan 2023 - Present
Consulting For Gene And Cell Therapy Startups - Non-Viral Vectors And Engineered Cell Products
Freelance
Oct 2020 - Apr 2021
Vp, Technical Development And Manufacturing
The TScan Technical Development and Manufacturing team is developing unit operations for TCR-engineered cell products manufactured using lentiviral or nonviral vectors.
May 2019 - Oct 2020
Vp Technical Development And Manufacturing
Editas Medicine
The Editas team developed CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technologies and we worked to bring this innovative platform into clinical testing.
Sep 2016 - Jul 2018
Novartis, Executive Director Cell And Gene Therapies
I helped advance gene and cell therapy projects at Novartis, including the autologous CART cell projects in the UPenn collaboration that led to FDA approval of Kymriah.Prior to that I built and managed a team that performed developability assessments to identify best mAb and therapeutic protein candidates to advance further into Development to avoid costly challenges and quality concerns during scale up and manufacturing for early stage clinical testing.
Aug 2008 - Aug 2016
Director Protein Expression And Purification Research
Shire Human Genetic Therapies
May 2007 - Aug 2008
Sr. Director Molecular Biology And Gene Expression
Antigenics
2001 - 2006
~5 yrs
Director Molecular Immunology
Aquila Biopharmaceuticals
1998 - 2001
~3 yrs
Principle Investigator Ii
Procept Inc., Vactex, Inc.
1994 - 1998
~4 yrs
Assistant Professor Of Medicine
Beth Israel Hospital And Harvard Medical School
1991 - 1994
~3 yrs
Cancer Research Institute Postdoc, Mit Cancer Center, Sharp Lab
1988 - 1991
~3 yrs
3 education records
Ken Leclair education
Ph.D., Immunobiology
Yale University
A.B., Biology
Bowdoin College
Postdoc
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
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Ken Leclair works for Freelance.
What is Ken Leclair's role at Freelance?
Ken Leclair is listed as Scientific & Technical Advisor, Chair SAB at Freelance.
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AeroLeads has found 2 phone signal(s) with area code 617 for Ken Leclair at Freelance.
Where is Ken Leclair based?
Ken Leclair is based in Needham, Massachusetts, United States while working with Freelance.
What companies has Ken Leclair worked for?
Ken Leclair has worked for Freelance, Lykan Bioscience, Mit Smart Camp, Jura Bio, Inc., and Tscan Therapeutics.
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What schools did Ken Leclair attend?
Ken Leclair holds Ph.D., Immunobiology from Yale University.
What skills is Ken Leclair known for?
Ken Leclair is listed with skills including Molecular Biology, Protein Expression, Immunology, Life Sciences, Gene Therapy, Vaccines, Cell Therapy, and Genome Analysis.
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