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Virology, Drug Discovery, Diagnostics, Bioterrorism, and Vaccines
Expert (, pronounced "Berr-oo-in") has spent over 20 years in the pharmaceutical and diagnostics industries. During that time he has been involved primarily in viral vaccine and antiviral drug discovery, although he has also run general molecular biology groups primarily…
Gene Expression, Genomics, Microarrays, DNA, Drug Discovery, Product Development
Expert has worked in the biotechnology industry for more than 30 years. He has directed R&D efforts in gene expression technology, genetic engineering technology, DNA microarrays, and high-throughput screening at Sandoz (Novartis), Operon, Agraquest, and GenoSpectra. He has led product…
Clinical Applications, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Diagnostics, Immunology, and Custom Speaking
Expert has been involved in the identification of biological molecules associated with disease and infection with bacterial and viral agents. By applying molecular techniques to vaccine and infection models, he has identified immunological (antigenic) markers of bacterial infections of human…
Genomics
Expert worked with a team that cloned and expressed the enzyme T4 endonuclease VII for commercial distribution. He developed the basic assay of enzyme activity that was used in optimization and quality control of the enzyme. He is an author…
Regulation of Gene Expression
Expert has more than 14 years of international experience as a researcher in the areas of endocrinology, biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Nijmegen working on the regulation of gene expression of Proopiomelanocortin…
Immunology, Vaccine Research
Expert is an internationally recognized expert in mucosal immunology. He has published more than 70 papers and reviews in several prestigious scientific journals. He is best known for experimentally establishing (with continuing research) the concept of a common mucosal immunologic…
Enzyme and Protein Technology
Expert has devoted much of his career to derivatization of surfaces, development of methods for immobilization of ligands, and characterization of affinity matrices. He pioneered development of the technique of analytical affinity chromatography and has used this technique to characterize…
Protein Biochemistry, Purification, Characterization; Gentle Immunoaffinity Chromatography
Expert is internationally known for his contributions to the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology. He has worked in this area since 1964, generally in purifying enzymes involved in RNA synthesis, characterizing the structure and function of enzymes, and studying…
Biotechnology
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY. Expert is an authority in biotechnology, especially biotechnological principles for food, chemical, and pharmaceutical applications. He expends significant research efforts on the genetics of industrial organisms, with the ultimate goal of isolating, overproducing, and utilizing enzymes and…