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Senior Scientist at Merck Group

Profile Summary

Molecular and cellular biologist with in-vivo expertise and an array of in vitro, in vivo, in silico skills and big data – omics analysis gained in academic and industrial settings. A dynamic person with great interest and focus on next generation sequencing techniques. Creative thinker with a can-do attitude who takes pride in outside-of-the-box thinking. I specialise in systems physiology and vascular biology with interest in Next Generation Sequencing technologies. He holds a Masters in Molecular and Cellular Biology from University of Glasgow, UK (2011) and a PhD in Integrative Physiology from University of Bristol, UK (2016). He currently holds a position as a Senior Scientist at Merck KGaA employing Next Generation Sequencing for biosafety testing.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Bioinformatics

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Senior Scientist

Merck KGaA

September 2017 - Present

Research Associate

University of Glasgow

May 2016 - Present

Industrial Trainee

GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development

September 2009 - August 2010

Education

PhD in Physiology (School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience)

University of Bristol

October 2011 - May 2016

M. Sci. Molecular and Cellular Biology (College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences)

University of Glasgow

September 2006 - July 2011

Certifications

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Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Roloff EVL, Walas D, Moraes DJA, Kasparov S, Paton JFR(2018). Differences in autonomic innervation to the vertebro-basilar arteries in spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar rats . The Journal of physiology.

Walas D, Nowicki-Osuch K, Alibhai D, von Linstow Roloff E, Coghill J, Waterfall C, Paton JF(2018). Inflammatory pathways are central to posterior cerebrovascular artery remodelling prior to the onset of congenital hypertension . Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism.

Dawid Walas, Wioletta Pijacka, Bethan Clifford, Chantal Tilburgs, Jaap A. Joles, Sarah McMullen, Simon C. Langley-Evans(2016). {OS} 11-04 Impact of gonadectomy on sympatho-vagal balance in male and female normotensive rat . Journal of Hypertension. 34. p. e75. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Dawid Walas, Wioletta Pijacka, Julian Paton(2016). {PS} 04-26 {PHARMACOLOGICAL} {ACTIVATION} {OF} {TRPV}4 {BY} {GSK}1016790A {ATTENUATES} {ARTERIOGENESIS} {TRIGGERED} {BY} {INCREASED} {SHEAR} {STRESS} . Journal of Hypertension. 34. p. e140. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Dawid Walas, Karol Nowicki-Osuch, Dominic Alibhai, Julian Paton(2016). {ISH} {NIA} {OS}-06 {PUTATIVE} {MECHANISMS} {FOR} {CEREBROVASCULAR} {REMODELLING} {IN} {THE} {SPONTANEOUSLY} {HYPERTENSIVE} {RAT} ({SHR}) {USING} {TRANSCRIPTOMICS} . Journal of Hypertension. 34. p. e43. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Dawid Walas, Eva Von Roloff, Julian Paton(2016). {OS} 11-05 Superior cervical ganglionectomy ({SCGx}) reduces sympathetic innervation of vertebrobasilar arteries but does not affect cerebrovascular remodelling in the adult spontaneously hypertensive rat ({SHR}) . Journal of Hypertension. 34. p. e75. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Dawid Walas, Emma B. Hendy, Paul J. Marvar, Tom Cruise, Danielle DeCicco, Rajanikanth Vadigepalli, James S. Schwaber, Hidefumi Waki, David Murphy, Julian F.R. Paton(2016). Systemic leukotriene b4 receptor antagonism lowers arterial blood pressure and improves autonomic function in the spontaneously hypertensive rat . J Physiol. Wiley-Blackwell

Pijacka W, Clifford B, Walas D, Tilburgs C, Joles JA, McMullen S, Langley-Evans SC, Biology of sex differences, 2016, vol. 7, pp. 64, 2016 .

Bonavita R, Walas D, Brown AK, Luini A, Stephens DJ, Colanzi A, Biology of the cell / under the auspices of the European Cell Biology Organization, 2014, vol. 106, no. 8, pp. 254-267 .

Figlus M, Caldwell ST, Walas D, Yesilbag G, Cooke G, Kocovský P, Malkov AV, Sanyal A, Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2010, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 137-141 .