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Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Using stem cells as a research platform to innovate regenerative therapeutic options for unmet medical needs in musculoskeletal biology

Greater Kolkata Area

• Provided detailed insight and expertise into the set-up of a new private research and teaching institute in the public health domain in Kolkata, India. Provide evaluation of projects for out-licensing for public.
• Contributed actionable feedback for state-of-the-art laboratory setup to facilitate cutting edge research and diagnostic expertise
• Review SOPs for different committees and submission of research proposals
• Implemented a streamlined purchasing methodology based on research justification for equipment procurement
• Interviewed multiple candidates for faculty positions at nationally reputed institutes
• Evaluated out-licensing research projects and selected ones with high revenue drivers and scientific discovery potential

Kolkata, India

• Senior leader in management team; made recommendations to Board of Directors on company growth and forward-looking revenue strategies.
• Led Biology department of 60+ scientists consisting of PhDs and research experts
• Formulated business development strategies and managed client relationships
• Coordinated all drug discovery projects ranging early exploration to pre-clinical candidate selection.
• Delivered 3 candidate molecules to clients
• Spearheaded 2 projects in inflammation and nutraceuticals

Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States

• Member of the senior leadership team which interacted with therapeutic area key opinion leaders to formulate future research strategies and department deliverables.
• Helped lead transition team during department reorganization
• Evaluated department projects and appraised delivery timelines
• Delivered of 1 clinical candidate
• Led assay development team that developed multiple cell-lines for cell-based screening/potency assays for novel targets.
• Served as project leader of 1 exploratory and 1 pre-clinical project.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Member of the senior scientific team that evaluated department projects and their alignment with deliverables. Group leader involved in understanding the biology of novel targets.
• Delivered 1 clinical candidate
• Envisioned, initiated, and managed a research group in the area of mesenchymal stem cell (MSCs) biology.
• Utilized the MSC platform to delivered novel molecules for clinical tissue regeneration
• Served as project leader in 3 exploratory projects and 1 pre-clinical project
• The preclinical candidate was nominated as a clinical candidate

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Fifth scientific member to join the startup. Team lead of the hematopoiesis and gene therapy group.
• Contributed to understanding of MSC biology and therapeutic modalities
• Collaborated with clinical group at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to plan pre-clinical study in canines to understand homing of MSCs in the bone marrow
• Established cell-based assays using MSCs to support drug discovery
• Developed novel procedure for gene transfer into adherent cells and MSCs which increased gene transfer efficiency
• Analyzed MSC-based expression of recombinant proteins.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Molecular Biology

• Investigated the molecular pathogenesis of the retrovirus, Spleen Focus-Forming Virus • Mapped the envelope gene of the virus to its.

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