Kevin Wright Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Aids Vaccine Design And Development Laboratory

- Managed team in GMP-like development laboratory, drafted SOPs and working procedures, planned short and long-term operations, oversaw materials and resources- Produced Master Cell Bank and pre-Master Virus Seed for CMO scale-up of VSV-ENV.BG505 AIDS vaccine candidate for clinical trials- Led CDV project team to implement new pre-clinical ferret model for evaluating viral vector safety, replication, and bio-distribution.- Created and developed stable Vero cell lines expressing hCD4… Show more - Managed team in GMP-like development laboratory, drafted SOPs and working procedures, planned short and long-term operations, oversaw materials and resources- Produced Master Cell Bank and pre-Master Virus Seed for CMO scale-up of VSV-ENV.BG505 AIDS vaccine candidate for clinical trials- Led CDV project team to implement new pre-clinical ferret model for evaluating viral vector safety, replication, and bio-distribution.- Created and developed stable Vero cell lines expressing hCD4 and hCCR5 (VERT) for vaccine production- Cloned, rescued, purified, and characterized novel VSV and CDV vectored HIV vaccine candidates - Engineered novel hybrid HIV ENV /VSV G proteins as vaccine immunogens - Published and presented data at international meetings- Fulfilled role as Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity officer Show less

Pearl River, Ny

- Designed, coordinated, and completed IND-enabling pre-clinical mouse studies to demonstrate safety and immunogenicity of VSV vectored vaccine candidates- Evaluated vector neurovirulence by intracranial LD50, developed PD50 model to rank vector attenuation- Harvested and processed blood/tissue samples and performed T-cell and antibody immunoassays - Developed in vivo CTL assay for simultaneous measurement of cytotoxic activity against multiple vaccine-specific targets-… Show more - Designed, coordinated, and completed IND-enabling pre-clinical mouse studies to demonstrate safety and immunogenicity of VSV vectored vaccine candidates- Evaluated vector neurovirulence by intracranial LD50, developed PD50 model to rank vector attenuation- Harvested and processed blood/tissue samples and performed T-cell and antibody immunoassays - Developed in vivo CTL assay for simultaneous measurement of cytotoxic activity against multiple vaccine-specific targets- Published and presented data at international conferences Show less

Tarrytown, Ny

- Assessed immunogenicity of heat shock protein/hybrid peptide complexes as cancer vaccines in pre-clinical mouse model- Performed immunizations, tissue sample collection and processing, and ex vivo immunoassays - Streamlined chromium-51 release assay to measure cytotoxic T-cell activity - Analyzed and presented data at team meetings- Created an intranet system to facilitate access to and enhance the organization of immunology data

Regulatory Affairs And Quality Assurance Graduate Program, Pharmaceutical Drug Development Certificate

The QA/RA Certificate Program included coursework covering: Drug Development IND/ NDA Submissions Food and Drug Law Pharmaceutical Marketing

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology And Biotechnology Engineering