Jennifer Yao

Senior Scientist

Role
Senior Scientist at BigHat Biosciences
Location
San Francisco, CA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Jennifer Yao

Protein biochemist with 15+ years pharmaceutical industry experience. Specialized in antibody and recombinant protein purification and analytics with efficient technical troubleshooting skills. Additionally experienced in expression vector construction, cloning, and protein expression. Qualified in GMP work environment and documentation. Effective communicator and a team player through experience interacting with upstream/downstream cross-functional groups.

Experience

  1. Senior Scientist

    BigHat Biosciences

    Oct 2022 — Present · San Mateo, CA, US

    Established mammalian protein expression production/purification workflows to support early research to candidate lead selection for internal programs and screening for external partner programs • Set up new AKTAs and HPLCs for in-house protein purification and analytical capabilities • Purified, formulated, and characterized nanobodies/ scFvs/ Fabs/ antibodies/ multispecifics/ antigens • Hired, trained, and managed small protein purification team of RA/scientists • Managed mammalian protein production outsource to CRO • Collaborated with software engineers to incorporate cellular expressed purified/characterized protein data into in-house software platform • Developed Benchling inventory for purified/characterized proteins • Implemented cellular protein production request system platform, requirements, and data dissemination

Education

  • University of California, Davis

    B.S., Genetics

  • University of California, Davis

    Masters, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Skills

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Culture
  • Elisa
  • Drug Discovery
  • Assay Development
  • Protein Chemistry
  • Antibodies
  • Laboratory
  • Biopharmaceuticals
  • Lifesciences
  • Purification
  • Protein Expression
  • High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (Hplc)
  • Gmp
  • Sds-Page
  • Pcr
  • Cell
  • Technology Transfer
  • Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Biotechnology
  • Protein Purification
  • Vaccines

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