Chitrangada Acharya

About Chitrangada Acharya

A results-driven, detail-oriented and meticulous scientist, I have more than 15 years of experience in Cell and Gene Therapy, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Immunology, Cell Culture and Molecular Biology. Currently, as Senior Scientist II at Crystal Pharmatech Biological Sciences, I am the Group Lead for Bioassay Development in Biologics. My portfolio for evaluation of Potency of therapeutic and non-therapeutic monoclonal antibodies includes method development, qualification and validation involving binding ELISAs, cell- based assays like cytotoxicity, ADCC, ADCP, CDC assays; as well as product impurity release assays like endotoxin levels, residual host protein, residual host DNA. In my previous role as Group Lead of Analytical Development in Cell and Gene Therapy at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Patheon, New Jersey, I developed methods to support the CAR-T technology. My role extended to development and qualification of Analytical methods; and the transfer of these methods to the Quality Control department for execution in a GMP setting. Ranging from Sterility assays, RT-PCR for Mycoplasma testing and for gene modification screening, ELISAs to multi-color Flow Cytometry- I have hands-on experience in delivering methods to clients and in the QC Laboratory as well as Supervisory experience of handling a team to deliver rapid and thorough reports.As a Senior Scientist at Allied Innovative Systems, LLC, I had been involved in immunoassay development, for 6+ years. Prior 2 years research at this company led to a Phase grant acceptance and associated funding. Thinking out-of-the box, a diverse portfolio of research and scientific writing experience and an excellent team player - these are the attributes which have always led to successful completion of my projects.I am interested in opportunities for Analytical Development in Cell and Gene Therapy, Biologics, Stem cell Biology, and Cell and Molecular Biology.

Experience

1. Manager, Analytical Development

   FUJIFILM Biosciences

   Nov 2024 — Present

Education

• Banaras Hindu University

  M.Sc., Zoology

  2000 — 2002

• University of Calcutta

  B.Sc., Zoology

  1997 — 2000

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  Ph.D., Department of Biotechnology

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Biotechnology
• Protein Purification
• Stem Cells
• Molecular Biology
• Fluorescence Microscopy
• Western Blotting
• Cell Culture
• Bioinformatics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Protein Expression
• Confocal Microscopy
• Tissue Engineering
• Pcr
• Cell Biology
• Microscopy
• Cell
• Biochemistry
• In Vitro