Mark Garrett Email & Phone Number

De Soto, Kansas

Desoto, KS

* Part of a team responsible for support of existing products at the site’s production department and transfer of new products from the site’s R&D department. * Planned and executed process improvements for several existing bacterial products. * Lead R&D to production product transfer for bacterial and viral vaccines, including R&D feasibility studies.

De Soto, KS

* Participated in all aspects of product development and USDA/CVB licensure including strain selection; process development, process optimization and transfer; bulk and final product potency assays (in vitro and small animal assays); challenge model development; surrogate animal studies, animal efficacy, duration of immunity and field safety studies.

Dallas, TX

• Performed cytotoxicity and virus-inhibition cell-based assays in support of a novel technology to design small molecule drugs. Increased throughput while decreasing assay variability.
• Assisted in development and routine execution of a FRET-based enzyme inhibition assay, including transfer of the assay to a Biomek 2000 liquid handler.
• Performed routine data analysis and reporting. Also contributed to the programming of a data analysis platform for assay data (involving R, PERL, SoftMax Pro, EnzFitter, and MS Access).
• Assisted in-house crystallography team in purification of recombinant proteins.
• Implemented toxicity, bioconversion, stability assays for a series of novel antibiotics.
• Consolidated equipment and lab space, executed waste disposal, supervision of other employees, and safety inspections during company-wide downsizing.

Dallas, TX

• Responsible for growth and PCR screening of bacterial libraries of mouse chromosomes. Operated Shimadzu mini-prep robot.

Lewisville, TX

• As intern, received orders, operated oligonucleotide synthesizers, purified and prepared oligonucleotides for shipping.

Ma, Microbiology

• Coursework included bacterial pathogenesis, virology, immunology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and biometry. • Gained experience in.

Ba, Biology

Activities and Societies: Habitat for Humanity • Coursework included: microbiology, bacteriology, medical bacteriology, cell biology.