Harini Venkata Krishnan
Senior Scientist | Drug Discovery, Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology,
- Role
- Senior Scientist i at Ginkgo Bioworks
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Harini Venkata Krishnan
A dedicated scientist with a solid foundation in both biochemical as well as cell-based assay development in a manner that rapidly delivers decision making results for early drug discovery research projects. Significant contributions to advancing Amgen\'s drug discovery pipeline projects with the development of assays facilitating target-based validation, HTS/Hit ID assessment, MoA studies, and developing/implementing assays that add predictive value and establish SAR. Track record of advancing new approaches in (lab automation & assay technologies) with innovative research contributions over 3+ years of industry experience. Direct hands-on experience across a wide range of targets & therapeutic areas with an ability to think big, solve problems creatively, while bringing a level of high awareness of details and carefulness at the bench as an experimental biologist
Experience
Senior Scientist i
Sep 2023 — Present · Boston, MA, US
Established multiple new processes and analytics for the emerging RNA platform at Ginkgo by setting up high throughput robust assays for in vitro transcription reactions, transfections in cell lines, measurement of translational output, function and immunogenicity applicable to varied targets/payloads (co-inventor on 2 US patent applications)• Led team of cross functional scientists to successfully generate high quality data package from arrayed screens that resulted in identification of novel coding and non-coding elements of therapeutic RNA
Education
Institute Of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology
2010 — 2014
University of Pittsburgh
Master's degree, Pharmaceutical Sciences
2014 — 2016
Skills
- Plasmid Isolation
- Mammalian Cell Culture
- Sds-Page
- Western Blotting
- Qpcr
- Bacterial Culture
- Particle Size Analysis
- Confocal Microscopy
- Molecular Biology
- Microsoft Office
- Cell Viability Assays
- Spectrophotometry
- Cancer Biology
- Zeta Potential
- Nucleic Acid Extraction
- Nanofabrication
- Teamwork
- Biotechnology
- Mentoring
- Pcr
- Flow Cytometry
- Molecular Cloning
- Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
- Gene Delivery
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