Pankaj Acharya

About Pankaj Acharya

An accomplished cell and molecular biologist and microbiologist with several years of experience in bioinformatics, molecular biology, cancer biology, protein biochemistry and gene regulation as demonstrated by publications in high impact journals. Skilled in data science and machine learning techniques using Python. I am proficient in data management, statistical analysis, including data cleaning and reporting. Some of my works can be found at https://github.com/leukemia/ Scientist with excellent written, oral, analytical and problem-solving skills as demonstrated by coordination with several research labs in different projects. Able to accomplish projects independently and collaboratively as a team member which resulted in several publications, talks, conference abstracts and contribution to NIH R01 grant. Have 5+ years of experience in handling big genomic data and have an extensive experience in experimental and bioinformatic analysis of genomic data using ChIPseq, RNAseq and PROseq.Keywords: Lentiviral and AAV gene therapy, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), Genomic Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Python, R, SQL, Immunotherapy, Epitope Discovery, TCR Discovery.

Experience

1. Senior Scientist Ii, Cell Therapy

   Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

   Aug 2024 — Present · South San Francisco, CA, US

Education

• Springboard

  Data Science Career Track , Data Science and Machine Learning

  2019 — 2020

• Michigan State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

  2006 — 2011

Skills

• Python
• Protein Chemistry
• Microsoft Office
• Genetics
• Analyzing Nextgen Sequencing Data
• Western Blotting
• In Vitro
• Molecular Biology
• Fluorescence Microscopy
• Rt-Pcr
• Crispr/Cas9 Mediated Gene Editing
• Microbiology
• Sds-Page
• Microsoft Word
• Biotechnology
• Protein Purification
• Data Analysis
• Rnaseq
• Cancer
• Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (Qpcr)
• Molecular Cloning
• Science
• Biochemistry
• R
• Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)
• Research
• Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (Rt-Pcr)
• Immunohistochemistry
• Qpcr
• Sequencing
• Gel Electrophoresis
• Pcr
• High Throughput Screening
• Interpersonal Communication
• Project Management
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Uv/Vis
• Microscopy
• Scientific Writing
• Elisa