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Hire Dr. Jak G.

United Kingdom

PhD Biophysicist | Expert in Advanced Microscopy & Receptor Biology | Commercial instrumentation selling

Profile Summary

PhD in Biophysics using advanced microscopy to study membrane proteins, with a Masters degree in Immunology and experience in top pharmaceutical companies (GSK, Francis Crick). I have multiple first-author papers, including a first author Cell publication, reviews and multiple book chapters. Expertise in wet-lab work from cell-based assays and single-molecule microscopy; to receptor pharmacology, GPCRs, molecular biology. Current role as an Imaging Specialist at a top Biotech company, facilitating sales and applications support of advanced microscopes across the UK. Extensive experience with scientific writing, manuscript and figure preparation; with the ability to create succinct and professional documents.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Cell Biology
• ★ Biophysics
• ★ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Membrane Biology
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ 3D Cell Culture
• ☆ Matlab
• ☆ Allergy & Clinical Immunology
• ☆ Instructional Webinars
• ☆ Skills Training
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Manuscript & Journal Article Writing
• ☆ SOP & Protocol Writing
• ☆ White Papers
• ☆ Spec Sheets
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing
• ☆ Branding
• ☆ Marketing Strategy
• ☆ Lead Generation
• ☆ Marketing Analytics
• ☆ Digital Marketing
• ☆ Project Management

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Market Research, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Product Development Formulation

Work Experience

Fluorescence Imaging Sales Specialist

Miltenyi Biotec

September 2022 - Present

Sales Manager - North UK & Ireland

Formulatrix

September 2021 - September 2022

PhD Biophysics - Single Molecule Microscopy of GPCR interactions

University of birmingham

September 2018 - September 2021

Scientist, Immunology

Francis Crick Institute

August 2017 - July 2018

Assay Development Scientist

GlaxoSmithKline

September 2015 - September 2016

Education

PhD Biophysics - Single-molecule microscopy study of G-protein coupled receptors

University of Birmingham

September 2018 - September 2021

MSc Immunology (Funded by Asthma UK - awarded Immunology prize for Research)

Imperial College London & King's College London

August 2017 - July 2018

BSc Biological Sciences (1st class honours & awarded School Prize for Biology)

Aston University

September 2013 - June 2017

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Grimes J, Desai S, Charter NW, Lodge J, Moita Santos R, Isidro-Llobet A, Mason AM, Wu Z, Wolfe LA, Anantharaman L, et al.(2019). MrgX2 is a promiscuous receptor for basic peptides causing mast cell pseudo-allergic and anaphylactoid reactions . Pharmacology research & perspectives.

(2019). The mast cell receptor MrgX2 and drug-induced anaphylaxis . Journal of pharmacological and toxicological methods.

Calebiro D, Grimes J(2019). G Protein-Coupled Receptor Pharmacology at the Single-Molecule Level . Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology.

Buenaventura T, Bitsi S, Laughlin WE, Burgoyne T, Lyu Z, Oqua AI, Norman H, McGlone ER, Klymchenko AS, Corrêa IR, et al.(2019). Agonist-induced membrane nanodomain clustering drives GLP-1 receptor responses in pancreatic beta cells . PLoS biology.