Guest Researcher
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Roybal Campus
Lab Research and Reference Branch
1600 Clifton Road
Bldg. 23 3rd Floor office 3-134
Atlanta,
GA
USA
30329
xgp7@cdc.gov
Biographical Sketch:
ORISE Fellow – Guest Researcher
• Participating in the development and implementation of an ELISA for the quantitation of specific IgG and IgM antibodies against the Non-Treponemal Antigen (T. pallidum Nichols strain)
• Responsible for developing a process for the purification of specific IgG and IgM antibodies against the Non-Treponemal Antigen for use as universal standards in the quantitative Non-Treponemal ELISA.
• Have scaled up the purification process for isolation of specific Non-Treponemal IgG/IgM antibodies.
• Improving the process for the derivatization of Cardiolipin for use in the Non-Treponemal ELISA.
• Participating in the development of a rapid test for Congenital Syphilis.
BECTON DICKINSON/LEE LABORATORIES, Grayson, GA July 1991 to October 2010
Senior Scientist
Responsible for project management, product development/cost and process improvement. Provided technical support to the Marketing Department by interfacing with customers and also participated in customer visits and trade shows. In charge of setting up the R&D laboratory for new product development and product improvement for In Vitro Diagnostic Reagent Products.
• Successful development of antibody reagents used for Immuno-assay development by the application
of methods/techniques listed above.
• Created production formulas and testing procedures for new products developed.
• Responsible for writing and submitting requests for the purchase of capital equipment.
• Responsible for planning and executing research in the development of new products.
• Helped the Manufacturing Department improve existing procedures through process improvements.
• Received three patents for C.difficile Toxin A purification and Toxin A antibody development.
• Wrote Product Development Management program and prepared the R&D Dept. for the successful ISO 9001
certification.
Directed a number of successful new product development projects.