Tran Doan Ngoc Tran-Prasad, Dvm, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Alachua, Florida, US

Alachua, Florida, US

I’m officially part of Beacon Therapeutics – a company striving to develop innovative gene therapies for the treatment of retinal diseases. A lot of exciting things coming up over the next year so watch this space!

US

As an associate of Cheeky Scientist, I'm connected with a worldwide of PhD students and Postdocs who want to transition from academia into industry.

Alachua, Florida, US

• Performed cutting-edge AAV gene therapy research for preclinical programs in multiple therapeutic areas of ophthalmology (Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration), rare neurological diseases (Frontotemporal Dementia.
• Prepared nonclinical section of PreIND package, PreIND meeting request and organized PDT meeting for Progranulin project.
• Edit Gene Therapy Times and contact key opinion leaders in the fields to collaborate and move project forward.
• Hands-on experience with AAV transgene construct design for ALS trivalent construct, molecular cloning, and testing vector transduction in vitro.
• Developed and optimized cell-based assay to support for non- syndromic hearing loss and deafness gene expression, GLP tox study of Frontotemporal Dementia in non-human primate.
• Prepared plasmids to deliver codon optimized rep/cap constructs to be used in herpes-assisted vector expansion for AGTC central nervous system program, followed through by producing crude AAV and initiating infection.

US

I extended a period of time for maternity leave. I learned NIH clinical trial research, FDA regulations about investigational new drugs, drug discovery, regulatory requirements, business administration and customer service in the industry.

College Station, TX, US

• Gained hands-on experience in primary/neuronal, organotypic cultures, rodent surgery, molecular cloning, immunostaining and confocal microscope. Successfully established protocol for young/adult rodent organotypic.
• Instructed and supervised one lab technician and three graduate students in their projects. Mentored and coordinated in 5 projects which resulted in 2 on-going papers and RO1 NIH grant proposal.
• Successful phone calls negotiator with cell culture, biotechnology, and vector builder companies for discount of different consumables and reagents. Ensured follow-ups and reported different stages on project’s.

• Performed molecular biology, western blot, subcellular fractionation, mass spectrometry, neuronal and insect cell culture, cell proliferation assay, transfection, and protein purification from insect cell lines and.
• Oversaw and trained one postdoc and one master student who got accepted in medical school. Gained teaching experience by attending microteaching activities.
• Successfully moderated conversation with cell culture, chemical and biotechnology companies for free of charge/discount products.

Baton Rouge, LA, US

• Recognized for discovering the in-vitro effect of Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 4 ion channel, histamine and arginine vasopressin hormone on stem cell differentiation and Ca2+ signaling for the first time..
• Gained teaching and leadership experience by instructing, supervising three graduate students, three veterinary students and two lab personnel.
• Effectively communicated and achieved the discount/promotion with chemical company, biotechnological company for reagents.

• Effectively assisted the director, marketing and sales in aquaculture cooperation project with overseas company.
• Assisted head of Virology research department to conduct vaccine experiments/techniques and was one of the only two persons selected to attend the training “Hog cholera vaccine” in Australia.
• Meticulously inspected the viral vaccine manufacturing process and resolved the complaints, disputes among the departments.
• Ensured that marketing, sales, quality control, manufacturing worked in harmony about product performance issues, troubleshooting product quality.
• Addressed technical and customer inquiries.
• Created well-prepared research/technical brochures, delivered product training, fostered seminars/trade shows for the company and foreign collaborators.

• Contacted and negotiated with new foreign suppliers for feed additive and agricultural commodity, supervised techniques for feed mills, vaccine companies, and research institutes.
• Excellent teamwork and collaborative skills by facilitating with other division. Flexible organized research/technical seminars, directed customer visits for foreign principals.
• Navigated shipment and logistics of goods, management from foreign countries to Vietnam, completed product registration procedures for principals.
• Maintained good relationship and communication with the principals, customers/distributors, and government authorities.
• Logistics and management (weekly plan, weekly report, project management report, customer management report etc.)

• Performed veterinary duties such as administering vaccinations and drugs, artificial insemination, delivering and caring for newborn piglets at the swine farm.
• Determined the quality of carcasses in slaughterhouse according to law, clinical diagnosis to animal diseases and support to small animal surgery at the veterinary stations.
• Collected samples and detected the prevalence of pathogenic bacteria from swine, canine, rodents and poultry.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Veterinary Medicine

Dvm, Veterinary Medicine