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Biomedical Scientist | Expert in Cell Biology, Drug Profiling & Molecular Mechanisms with 10+ years in research

Profile Summary

PhD-level scientist with expertise in molecular biology, cell-based assays, and drug discovery. Experienced in designing and optimizing high-throughput assays to study clinically relevant targets, including diverse protein families such as receptor tyrosine kinases, GPCRs, nuclear receptors and transcription factors. Developed a multiplexed screening platform for profiling compound effects on signaling pathways, uncovering novel off-target activities and identifying new inhibitors. Strong background in functional validation of small molecules, including mechanism-of-action studies and cellular phenotyping. Skilled in experimental design, data analysis, and scientific writing. Familiar with GLP-compliant workflows and preparation of publication-quality figures and reports. Published multiple first-author papers and contributed to multidisciplinary projects across academic and translational settings. Open to projects involving literature analysis, assay development consulting, scientific writing/editing, data interpretation, and target validation strategies.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Enzyme Activity Assays
• ☆ Binding Assays
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Microarrays
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Transcriptomics
• ☆ Proteomics
• ☆ Genomics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ ATAC-Seq
• ☆ DNA Sequencing
• ☆ Mutagenesis
• ☆ RNA Sequencing
• ☆ Plasmid DNA
• ☆ Kinases
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Membrane Biology
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Neuropharmacology
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Big Data Analytics
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Comparative Analysis
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Biomarker Discovery
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Primary Cells
• ☆ Cell Banking
• ☆ Cell Line Engineering
• ☆ Cell Surface Receptors
• ☆ Biosensors
• ☆ Chemical Biology
• ☆ Biomolecular Engineering
• ☆ Gene Editing/CRISPR
• ☆ Blotting
• ☆ Drug Discovery
• ☆ High Throughput Screening (HTS)
• ☆ Drug Target Identification
• ☆ Hit-to-Lead & Lead Optimization
• ☆ Phenotypic Assays
• ☆ Drug Design
• ☆ Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) Studies
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Small Molecule Drug Development
• ☆ Biologic & Biosimilar Development
• ☆ Biosafety Testing
• ☆ Microbiology Testing
• ☆ Bioanalytical Testing
• ☆ Drug-Drug Interactions
• ☆ Preclinical Research
• ☆ Preclinical Pharmacology
• ☆ In vitro Preclinical Toxciology
• ☆ In vivo Preclinical Toxicology
• ☆ Drug Efficacy Testing
• ☆ Pharmacovigilance/Drug Safety Monitoring

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Data Visualization

Work Experience

Research Assistant

University of Split

March 2025 - July 2025

PhD reseacrher

Systasy Bioscience

October 2017 - October 2024

Intern

CRCM Inserm

February 2017 - October 2017

Education

PhD in Molecular Biology (focus on Drug Development)

Ludwig Maximilian University Munich

October 2017 - October 2024

MRes Biological Sciences

University of Manchester

September 2015 - September 2016

BSc in Biology & Chemistry

University of Split

September 2012 - June 2015

Certifications

• Drug Commercialization UC San Diego

  coursera

  March 2023 - Present

• Drug Development UC San Diego

  coursera

  March 2023 - Present

• Drug Discovery UC San Diego

  coursera

  February 2023 - Present

• Statistics Foundations: 3

  LinkedIn Learning

  October 2021 - Present

• Statistics Foundations: 2

  LinkedIn Learning

  September 2021 - Present

• Statistics Foundations: The Basics

  LinkedIn Learning

  August 2021 - Present

• Essentials of Image Editing

  European Commission in collaboration with Somersault 18:24

  April 2019 - Present

• Bioinformatics Tools for Proteins and Protein-Protein Interactions

  European Commission in collaboration with EMBL

  September 2017 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Herholt, A., Sahoo, V.K., Popovic, L., Wehr, M.C., Rossner, M.J.(2022). Dissecting intercellular and intracellular signaling networks with barcoded genetic tools . Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 66.

Wintgens, J.P., Wichert, S.P., Popovic, L., Rossner, M.J., Wehr, M.C.(2019). Correction to: Monitoring activities of receptor tyrosine kinases using a universal adapter in genetically encoded split TEV assays (Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, (2019), 76, 6, (1185-1199), 10.1007/s00018-018-03003-2) . Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 76. (19). p. 3915.

Wintgens, J.P., Wichert, S.P., Popovic, L., Rossner, M.J., Wehr, M.C.(2019). Monitoring activities of receptor tyrosine kinases using a universal adapter in genetically encoded split TEV assays . Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 76. (6). p. 1185-1199.