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Therapeutic and Diagnostic Consulting | Expert in cancer immunology

Profile Summary

Remarkable experience in identifying research priorities, setting targets, and establishing research objectives to ensure success.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ Recombinant DNA
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ Monoclonal Antibody Production
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Basic Immunology
• ☆ Adjuvant & Antigen Research
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Scanning Probe Microscopy
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Image Processing
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Data Management
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Applied Statistics
• ☆ Comparative Analysis
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Nonlinear Regression
• ☆ Medical Statistics
• ☆ Trend Analysis
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Primary Cells
• ☆ Cell Banking
• ☆ Cell Line Engineering
• ☆ Cell Surface Receptors
• ☆ 3D Cell Culture
• ☆ Immunohistochemistry
• ☆ Cytometry
• ☆ Information & Knowledge Management
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Biologic & Biosimilar Development
• ☆ Preclinical Research
• ☆ Vaccine Development
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostics
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostic Validation
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostic Design
• ☆ Biomarker Analysis
• ☆ Immunotherapy
• ☆ Cancer Research
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ Feasibility Studies
• ☆ Technology Scouting
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Presentation Design
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Journal Selection
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ Science Communication
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Grant Writing

Services

• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Research Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Consultant

Freelance Consulting

September 2023 - Present

Scientist

University of Wisconsin Madison

September 2017 - Present

Manager Research

Elephas Biosciences

January 2022 - September 2023

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Wisconsin Madison

September 2014 - August 2017

Education

PhD - Cancer Biology (Oncology)

University of Wisconsin Madison

July 2009 - August 2014

BSc - Biochemistry

University of Wisconsin Madison

September 2007 - May 2009

AAS

University of Wisconsin - Waukesha Co.

September 2005 - May 2007

Certifications

• Entrepreneurship

  The Wharton School

  February 2023 - Present

Publications

PREPRINT

Christopher D. Zahm, Viswa T. Colluru, Sean J. McIlwain, Irene M. Ong, Douglas G. McNeel (2023). Supplementary Figures and Legends from TLR Stimulation during T-cell Activation Lowers PD-1 Expression on CD8⁺ T Cells .

Christopher D. Zahm, Viswa T. Colluru, Sean J. McIlwain, Irene M. Ong, Douglas G. McNeel (2023). Data from TLR Stimulation during T-cell Activation Lowers PD-1 Expression on CD8⁺ T Cells .

Christopher D. Zahm, Viswa T. Colluru, Sean J. McIlwain, Irene M. Ong, Douglas G. McNeel (2023). Supplementary Figures and Legends from TLR Stimulation during T-cell Activation Lowers PD-1 Expression on CD8⁺ T Cells .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Melissa Gamat-Huber, Donghwan Jeon, Laura E. Johnson, Jena E. Moseman, Anusha Muralidhar, Hemanth K. Potluri, Ichwaku Rastogi, Ellen Wargowski, Christopher D. Zahm, Douglas G. McNeel(2020). Treatment Combinations with DNA Vaccines for the Treatment of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) . Cancers. 12. (10). p. 2831. {MDPI} {AG}

Christopher D. Zahm, Viswa T. Colluru, Sean J. McIlwain, Irene M. Ong, Douglas G. McNeel (2018). TLR Stimulation during T-cell Activation Lowers PD-1 Expression on CD8+ T Cells . Cancer Immunology Research.

Zahm CD, Colluru VT, McIlwain SJ, Ong IM, McNeel DG(2018). TLR Stimulation during T-cell Activation Lowers PD-1 Expression on CD8+ T Cells . Cancer immunology research.

McNeel DG, Eickhoff JC, Wargowski E, Zahm C, Staab MJ, Straus J, Liu G(2018). Concurrent, but not sequential, PD-1 blockade with a DNA vaccine elicits anti-tumor responses in patients with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer . Oncotarget.

Zahm CD, Colluru VT, McNeel DG(2017). Vaccination with High-Affinity Epitopes Impairs Antitumor Efficacy by Increasing PD-1 Expression on CD8+ T Cells . Cancer immunology research.

Zahm CD, Colluru VT, McNeel DG(2017). DNA vaccines for prostate cancer . Pharmacology & therapeutics.

Colluru VT, Zahm CD, McNeel DG(2016). Mini-intronic plasmid vaccination elicits tolerant LAG3+ CD8+ T cells and inferior antitumor responses . Oncoimmunology.

Zahm CD, Szulczewski JM, Leystra AA, Paul Olson TJ, Clipson L, Albrecht DM, Middlebrooks M, Thliveris AT, Matkowskyj KA, Washington MK, et al.(2016). Advanced Intestinal Cancers often Maintain a Multi-Ancestral Architecture . PloS one.

Paul Olson TJ, Hadac JN, Sievers CK, Leystra AA, Deming DA, Zahm CD, Albrecht DM, Nomura A, Nettekoven LA, Plesh LK, Clipson L, Sullivan R, Newton MA, Schelman WR, Halberg RB, Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2014, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 105-113 .

Thliveris AT, Schwefel B, Clipson L, Plesh L, Zahm CD, Leystra AA, Washington MK, Sullivan R, Deming DA, Newton MA, Halberg RB, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013, vol. 110, no. 28, pp. 11523-11528 .

Leystra AA, Deming DA, Zahm CD, Farhoud M, Olson TJ, Hadac JN, Nettekoven LA, Albrecht DM, Clipson L, Sullivan R, Washington MK, Torrealba JR, Weichert JP, Halberg RB, Cancer research, 2012, vol. 72, no. 12, pp. 2931-2936 .

Thliveris AT, Clipson L, White A, Waggoner J, Plesh L, Skinner BL, Zahm CD, Sullivan R, Dove WF, Newton MA, Halberg RB, Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), 2011, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 916-923 .