Joshua Pankrac
About
Joshua Pankrac is from San Diego, California, United States. Joshua works in the following industries: "Biotechnology Research". Joshua is currently Immunologist, Vaccine Program Lead at Aegis Life, Inc., located in San Diego, California, United States. Joshua also works as Co-Founder at TLS Real Estate Holdings, a job Joshua has held since Nov 2019. In Joshua's previous role as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Joshua worked in until Dec 2021. Prior to joining Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Joshua was a Inventor and Lead R&D at Stealth Mode Startup and held the position of Inventor and Lead R&D at Ontario, Canada. Prior to that, Joshua was a PhD Candidate - Microbiology and Immunology at Western University, based in London, Canada Area from Jan 2017 to Apr 2020. Joshua started working as Teaching Assistant at Western University in London, Canada Area in Jan 2018. From May 2016 to Jan 2017, Joshua was Laboratory Technician at Western University. Prior to that, Joshua was a Undergraduate Researcher at Western University, based in London, Canada Area from Nov 2014 to Apr 2016.
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Joshua Pankrac's current jobs
Aegis Life is a biotechnology startup developing next-generation vaccines and therapeutics for infectious disease indications. Key responsibilities include: • Development and evaluation of novel vaccine strategies for multiple infectious disease indications, such as SARS-CoV-2 and Disease X. • Design, characterization and optimization of nucleic acid cargos, including nanoplasmid DNA, mRNA and saRNA (replicons). • Lead cross-functional initiatives for drug discovery and development. This includes pipeline creation, internal and external stakeholder engagement, and systems validation. • Produce quantitative data to support development of new genetic products, technical publications, and grants.
Management and co-ownership of a multi-family real-estate portfolio. Current initiatives include: • Residential multi-family, consisting of duplex and triplex properties. Interested in pursuing commercial residential projects and RE syndications. • Identify and lead multi-disciplinary teams, including contractors, property management professionals, real estate agents, lawyers, and mortgage specialists. • Highly proficient with cash flow analysis, finance leveraging, and forced-gain appreciation initiatives.
Joshua Pankrac's past jobs
• Preparing our flagship therapeutic for Phase I clinical trials, including: CDMO and CRO contract negotiation, technical transfer, ensuring fulfilment of FDA/EMA IND and CMC requirements, and grant fundraising. • Leadership of cross-functional teams of up to 5 members (PhD, DVM, and MD scientists). • Development of immuno-stimulatory molecular adjuvants for co-administration with an HIV-1 therapeutic.
A biotech company focused on bringing a pre-clinical asset into the clinic in the infectious disease space. Key contributions include: • Development, evaluation and optimization of a pre-clinical asset. • Participate in multi-million dollar contract negotiations and fundraising initiatives. • Engagement with contract research organizations (CROs) and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) to ensure fulfilment of IND requirements and production of GMP-grade batches. • Technical transfer and project management across multiple concurrent activities.
Labs of Prof. E Arts and Dr. J FS Mann Thesis Title: "Development and evaluation of a heterogenous virus-like particle (VLP) formulation to achieve HIV-1 latency reversal and cure." • Spearheaded development, validation, and pre-clinical trials for a series of HIV-1 biologic vaccine candidates. This culminated in two published and four pending manuscripts (four first author, two contributing author) and two competitive awards. • Highly proficient at communicating (written/verbal) with healthcare professionals (HCPs). • Performed project oversight for a team of five students (MSc/BSc Candidates). • Presented at four regional (~200 attendees) and three national (~400-1200 attendees) conferences. Skills include: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, assay/SOP development, mammalian cell culture, molecular cloning, vaccine development, BSL 3 training (ImPaKT), fluorescence microscopy, western blotting, immuno-assaying, BioEdit, PCR/qPCR/RT-qPCR, gene editing.
• Supervised 20 students in a laboratory-based setting and provided technical help with assay development and quantification. • Organized support sessions to help students improve their scientific writing and literacy.
• Maintained day-to-day operations in a Canadian Tier 1 Research Laboratory for HIV Pathogenesis (only Canadian T-1 laboratory in this field). • Created troubleshooting protocols for several technically challenging assays, which resulted in a pronounced increase in experimental success rate. • Experience working with laboratory sales representatives and technical experts within the industry.