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In this Newsletter:
* Visit it Biotech Alum, Molly Croteau - still a few spaces
* Come Tour Celdara and meet the CEO
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* Visit it Biotech Alum, Molly Croteau - still a few spaces *
GRAD Alum Visit - Molly Croteau
Date:
Friday, October 20, 2017
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Campus:
Graduate Studies
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/3472101
Come have lunch with GRAD alum, Molly Croteau.
41 Haldemen with lunch provided
See bio below:
Molly Croteau, Ph.D. in Chemistry
Scientist, Bioassays at Avitide, Inc.
Lebanon, New Hampshire
Molly obtained her Ph.D. in Bioinorganic Chemistry from the Dartmouth
Chemistry Department in February of 2016. Her thesis work was developing
new methods to understand chemical reduction and oxidation reactions in
metalloproteins (proteins that contain metals); specifically a
brilliant-blue colored protein called Azurin. In simple terms, she
studied how the smallest unit of energy (an electron) changes how the
metal interacts or binds with the protein, and how you can detect this
electron change in a new way that would help scientists with more
complex proteins and metals. While her work would never go on to cure
cancer or fight crime, it does lay the foundation to help future
researchers develop alternative energy fuels using the simple electron
and natural proteins as the workhorse. Molly then applied her
fundamental knowledge about binding interactions and obtained a job with
Avitide, Inc. right in Lebanon, New Hampshire in February 2016.
About Avitide:
Avitide has been around since 2013 and was started at one lab bench in
Adimab (another Upper Valley biotech company) with roughly 3 employees.
We have grown to currently have about 35 employees in Merck’s old space
in the Dartmouth Regional Technology Center (DRTC), with a foreseeable
expansion in the future. In the biotech world, growing and purifying
biological drugs (like insulin) is a long, tedious, and expensive
process. Here at Avitide, we design and build unique molecules to help
purify biologics for large biopharmaceutical companies, so they can
bring the drugs to market directly, or be accepted into clinical trials.
We perform these tasks in 3 months, and offer more robust solutions to
the current industry. In simple terms, let’s say a company has made a
fruit smoothie, but they really only want the banana part of that
smoothie from the mixture. Typically, they would pass the smoothie
mixture through six to eight different filters, and eventually they
would get just the banana part (the pure drug substance). At Avitide, we
design and build one filter that separates the banana from the smoothie
in one shot, with minimal banana clean up afterwards. Of course, we don’t
actually work with smoothies and bananas, but with cell mixtures that
contain the expressed drug of choice.
Molly is a Bioassay Scientist at Avitide, which entails determining how
our molecules interact with the biological drug substances we receive
from clients. She uses ForteBio Octet (BLI) technology, along with other
binding technologies (ELISA, etc.) to select the best molecules from
over 5,000 to 1 or 2 lead candidates. She also is the lead manager for a
large and complex multi- year project, which entails data organization
and task delegation throughout the entire workforce.
Other Info:
Molly knew that she wanted to pursue a career in the science industry,
opposed to academia, and set her tasks in graduate school to meet this
goal. She can offer advice about what techniques most industrial science
companies are looking for in an employee, and how you can obtain those
techniques during graduate school. She can also answer questions about
large companies vs. small companies, postdoc vs. no postdoc, and other
general advice.
* Come Tour Celdara and meet the CEO *
Company Visit - Celdara
Date:
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Time:
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Location:Lebanon, NH
http://libcal.dartmouth.edu/event/3472883
Jake Reeder, PhD, CEO of Celdara Medical (Lebanon, NH) has invited
graduate students/postdocs to visit his company.
We will meet Jake and other employees at Celdara to get a sense of what
they do and how they got their jobs there.
We will carpool over to Celdara in Lebanon, NH leaving from the 37 Dewey
Field Rd parking lot. We will meet at 2:30 pm. Once everyone has
signed-up I will try to figure out carpooling.
http://celdaramedical.com/
Celdara Medical gives hope and health to patients by transforming
academic innovations into medicines that cure the world’s most
challenging diseases. We are a recognized leader with a rich stable of
discoveries, developed in concert with premiere research institutions in
the US, EU, and beyond. We secure lasting partnerships with inventors
and their institutions, and provide the developmental, financial, and
business acumen to bridge the gaps between discovery and clinical impact.
With robust funding options, operations in greater Boston, Washington DC
and New York City, growing affiliates in Seattle and Indianapolis, a
wealth of opportunities in our pipeline, and partnerships with industry
leaders worldwide, Celdara Medical navigates the path from science to
medicine, accelerating innovation to improve human health.
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