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Hire Dr. Ralitsa P.

United States

Professional Biomedical Scientist

Profile Summary

PhD-trained biologist with degree in Molecular Biology and extensive experience in stem cell research, in vivo models, genetics, and mammalian neural development. Current research focus is developing tools for brain disease modeling and regeneration, and therapeutic approaches for neurodegenerative disease. 2.5 years of drug discovery experience in the biopharmaceutical industry.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Molecular Imaging
• ☆ Developmental Biology
• ☆ Animal Genetics
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Biomolecular Engineering
• ☆ Antibody Engineering
• ☆ Drug Discovery
• ☆ Drug Target Identification
• ☆ Phenotypic Assays
• ☆ Drug Development
• ☆ Biologic & Biosimilar Development
• ☆ Preclinical Research
• ☆ Investigational New Drug (IND) Application Consulting
• ☆ Drug Efficacy Testing
• ☆ Neuropathology
• ☆ Medical Sciences

Services

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

Writing Technical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Scientists

Alkahest

February 2023 - April 2023

Scientist (I - Senior Scientist)

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA

September 2020 - February 2023

Education

PhD, Molecular Biology

Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences

August 2007 - February 2014

Bachelor's Degree

University of Perugia, Job Creation Biotechnology

October 2004 - July 2007

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Ralitsa Petrova, Jason Tien, Dmitri Leonoudakis, Vivian Trinh, Tetsuya Taura, Debapriya Sengupta, Lisa Jo, Angela Sho, Yong Yun, Eric Doan, et al. (2023). Modifying antibody-FcRn interactions to increase the transport of antibodies through the blood-brain barrier . mAbs.

Ralitsa Petrova, Abhijeet R. Patil, Vivian Trinh, Kathryn E. McElroy, Minoti Bhakta, Jason Tien, David S. Wilson, Liling Warren, Jennifer R. Stratton(2023). Disease pathology signatures in a mouse model of Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB . Scientific Reports. 13. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Ralitsa Petrova, Arpana Arjun McKinney, Georgia Panagiotakos (2022). Calcium and activity-dependent signaling in the developing cerebral cortex . Development.

(2021). BAF subunit switching regulates chromatin accessibility to control cell cycle exit in the developing mammalian cortex . Genes & development.

Ralitsa Petrova, Georgia Panagiotakos, Christos Haveles, Arpana Arjun, Anshul Rana, Thomas Portmann, Sergiu P Paşca, Theo D Palmer, Ricardo E Dolmetsch(2019). Aberrant calcium channel splicing drives defects in cortical differentiation in Timothy syndrome . eLife. 8. {eLife} Sciences Publications, Ltd

Ralitsa Petrova, Ying Xiao, Daniel T. Thoresen, Jonathan S. Williams, Chaochen Wang, James Perna, Isaac Brownell(2015). Neural Hedgehog signaling maintains stem cell renewal in the sensory touch dome epithelium . Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 112. (23). p. 7195--7200. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

(2014). Roles for Hedgehog signaling in adult organ homeostasis and repair . Development.

Ralitsa Petrova, Anna Denise R. Garcia, Alexandra L. Joyner(2011). Genetic dissection of sonic hedgehog/Gli signaling in adult neurogenesis . Developmental Biology. 356. (1). p. 216. Elsevier {BV}

(2010). Sonic hedgehog regulates discrete populations of astrocytes in the adult mouse forebrain. The Journal of Neuroscience.