Veronica Bichara

About Veronica Bichara

I am a passionate and ambitious biomedical scientist and my motto is to work with commitment, work ethic, and to engage in new challenges and seek a way to resolve them. I relate well with my peers and my superiors, and actively participate in group dynamics. While working on my undergraduate and master\'s degrees, I have worked on projects related to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1), Dengue Virus, and Chikungunya Virus. I have a strong background in infectious diseases and molecular biology. Since joining the pharmaceutical & biotechnology industry I have applied my experience in molecular biology to develop assays for therapeutics and drug discovery purposes, and to aid teams to reach their milestones. My career goal is to acquire knowledge and experience to be able to make significant contributions to the further development of drugs, vaccines, and methods to diagnose diseases that will benefit society.

Experience

1. Senior Scientist Ii

   Novartis

   Sep 2022 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

   Part of a team which investigates salivary gland epithelial cell fate and regeneration through complex cell culture models.

Education

• Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

  Bachelor's degree, Biomedical Sciences

  2010 — 2014

• San Diego State University

  Master of Science, Cell and Molecular Biology

  2014 — 2016

Skills

• Western Blotting
• Flaviviridae Family
• Biology
• Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)
• Infection
• Pcr
• Critical Thinking
• Chikungunya Virus
• Infectious Diseases
• Research
• Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (Rt-Pcr)
• Dna Sequencing
• Site-Directed Mutagenesis
• Problem Solving
• Dna Extraction
• Mentoring
• Bacterial Transformation
• Dengue Virus
• Experiment Design
• Cell Biology
• Transfection
• Primer Design
• Sequence Alignment
• Neon Transfection System
• Colony Pcr
• Virology
• Cell Culture
• Rt-Pcr
• Sequence Analysis
• Molecular Biology
• Fluorescence Microscopy
• Nested Pcr
• Molecular Cloning
• Hiv-1