Senior Director
CurrentLead early assay development and molecular biology teams in the Department of Vaccine design, Immunology & Anti-infectives. Active in mentoring early career scientists and recruiting new talent.
Dec 2021 - Present
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Pearl River, NY
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Pfizer
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Pearl River, NY
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New York City Metropolitan Area, United States, United States
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Robert Donald is listed as Pearl River, NY at Pfizer, based in New York City Metropolitan Area, United States, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at pfizer.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Robert Donald.
Robert Donald previously worked as Senior Director at Pfizer and Research Fellow at Pfizer. Robert Donald holds Ph.D., Microbiology from University Of California, Santa Cruz.
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Drug discovery and vaccine research microbiologist with broad infectious disease research experience in fields of molecular parasitology, bacteriology, pathogenic fungal biology and virology. Specialties: hands-on managing of research teams engaged in preclinical drug discovery or vaccine development; screening of compound libraries; whole genome sequencing; target validation using antisense RNA, conditional gene knockouts and conventional genetics; scientific leadership of early phase antibacterial vaccine research programs; characterization of antigens using recombinant bacterial, insect or mammalian expression systems; experienced in the development of nucleoside-modified or self-amplifying mRNA platforms for the expression of viral or bacterial antigens.I have worked collaboratively with Biotech companies in the past and enjoy evaluating and implementing new technologies with vaccine or drug discovery applications.
Listed skills include Molecular Biology, Drug Discovery, Biotechnology, Infectious Diseases, and 14 others.
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Research Fellow
Engaged in early phase basic research in the department of Vaccine Research and Development. Responsibilities have included development of functional immunogenicity assays supporting various pre-clinical vaccine research programs (Neisseria meningitidis, C. difficile, S. aureus, Group B Streptococcus, Enterococcus sp., E. coli/Klebsiella), and management.
Apr 2009 - Dec 2021
Senior Research Fellow
Co-managed a Molecular Profiling facility screening natural product extracts and synthetic compounds for antibiotics that are active against Staph aureus -- using technology acquired from Elitra Pharmaceuticals. Responsibilities included supervising technical staff in the use of liquid handling automation (Tecan, Matrix), HTS multiplex PCR (384-well.
Aug 1998 - Mar 2009
Post Doctoral Researcher
Developed a compendium of molecular tools now widely used for apicomplexan parasitology research including: gene targeting selectable markers for positive and negative selection (dhfr-ts in marlaria and Toxoplasma; hxgprt and uprt in Toxoplasma); and insertional mutagenesis vectors in Toxoplasma (based on dhfr-ts). Contributed to team effort that uncovered.
Aug 1992 - Aug 1998
Postdoctoral Researcher
MCB Plant Pathology (Molecular Virology) under PI Andy Jackson. Investigated mechanisms of BSMV viral pathogenesis.
Aug 1990 - Aug 1992
Postdoctoral Researcher
Plant Sciences Institute under PI Tony Cashmore. NSF funded post-doctoral research on light-regulated gene expression using the Arabidopsis model system.
Sep 1986 - Sep 1990
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Robert Donald education
Ph.D., Microbiology
University Of California, Santa Cruz
Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Biochemistry
University Of California, Berkeley
B.A., Biochemistry
University Of California, Berkeley
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Robert Donald works for Pfizer.
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Robert Donald is listed as Pearl River, NY at Pfizer.
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Robert Donald is based in New York City Metropolitan Area, United States, United States while working with Pfizer.
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Robert Donald has worked for Pfizer, Merck & Co., University Of Pennsylvania, and University Of California, Berkeley.
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Robert Donald holds Ph.D., Microbiology from University Of California, Santa Cruz.
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Robert Donald is listed with skills including Molecular Biology, Drug Discovery, Biotechnology, Infectious Diseases, Cell, Genetics, Vaccines, and Microbiology.
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