Michael Lacy Email & Phone Number

United States

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Associate Director, Proof of Concept Unit, Emergent Product Development Gaithersburg. Design and perform ELISA, culture cells, supervise 4 to 10 member group, maintain schedules and multiple year calendars for animal study projects, maintain timelines for product initiatives, provide immunological input for study design at project level, contribute to joint project teams, perform due diligence. Manage studies and assays for biodefense projects of immunotherapies, toxins, and vaccines including viral-vectored vaccines, bacterial-vectored vaccines, recombinant protein vaccines for influenza, vaccinia, anthrax and new initiatives. Write reports. Develop and qualify ELISA, modified ELISA and cell-based bioassays. Present data to US Government agencies. Trained as and served as Contract Area Manager (CAM) for Earned Value Management (EVM) contracts. Champions team award 2013 and 2015.

Gaithersburg, Md

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Company name change to Emergent BioSolutions from Antex Biologics. Manager of Immunology department. Designed and performed ELISA, cell culture, supervised 6 member group, managed multiple projects and initiatives, provided immunological input to project design at project level (anthrax and chlamydia vaccines) and at corporate level.

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Developed in vitro human epithelial cell adhesion assay for non-typeable Haemophilus influenza project; performed flow cytometry analyses; performed ELISA analyses for investigations within DARPA project. Techniques: eukaryotic cell culture, bacterial culture, intracellular cytokine flow cytometry and extracellular marker flow cytometry, ELISA, cell-based assays.

Hamilton, Montana

Company name change to Corixa Corporation from Ribi ImmunoChem. Developed and validated (ICH guidelines) Quality Control ELISA for bovine host cell protein, ELISA for ICAM content, and a spectrophotometric assay for melanin; investigated monophosphoryl lipid A and synthetic lipid A compounds for adjuvant potency in animal and human models and characterized immune enhancement; as project leader of DARPA contract wrote monthly and quarterly reports, scheduled and coordinated bi-monthly meetings, coordinated data flow, maintained progress toward timelines, and distributed synthetic compounds for intracompany testing. Other techniques: cell culture, in vivo testing in mice, human primary cell culture, primary human cell bioassays, in vitro bioassays, ELISA, chromatography.

Missoula, Montana

Advised toward Master's degree and monitored lab research

Hamilton, Montana

Characterized complex biological immunotherapy for melanoma; wrote regulatory reports for submission to FDA and EMEA; investigated natural and synthetic adjuvants (immune stimulants) based upon lipid A structures in mice and in human samples ex vivo and in vitro; developed and validated ELISA. Other techniques: PCR, cloning, SDS PAGE, chromatography, cell culture, in vivo assays in mice, in vitro assays, peptide display library.

Urbana, Illinois

Investigated T cell receptor diversity in mouse peripheral immune system using techniques of molecular genetics. Assisted in characterization of single chain T cell receptor. Laboratory techniques: ELISA, SDS PAGE, IEF, cell culture, chromatography, in vivo mouse assays, cloning, PCR, sequencing.

Urbana, Illinois

Instructor (Teaching Assistant) for Introductory Microbiology Laboratory Techniques, Pathogen Laboratory, Immunology Laboratory. Twice selected to the list “Instructors ranked as excellent by their students.” Laboratory techniques: protein purification, mouse monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies in mice and rabbits, ELISA, chromatography, SDS PAGE, IEF, cellular bioassays.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Immunology And Microbiology

Immunology degree was obtained within the Microbiology Department.

Master’S Degree, Microbiology-Immunology

Bachelor’S Degree, Zoology Major, Botany Minor, Secondary Education, Political Science Major, Undergraduate

Activities and Societies: Beta Beta Beta society.Zoology Major with Botany Minor, both within an Education curriculum for a Bachelor's.