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Casey Roberts
Willing to relocate
Summary of Qualifications
• Ensured projects and lab meet FDA, clinical GMP, GCP, and GLP regulations
• Worked with primary cell extraction, culture, reprogramming, and characterization
• Antibody verification and use to characterize cells
• Authored and maintained technical protocols, including SOPs
• Directly worked with senior executives to determine a projects patent eligibility including IP research
presentations and patent searches
• Team lead of a 3 member group
• Presented at international conferences and to undergraduate and graduate student seminars
• Set up and helped work with QC to move projects into development
• Generate processes that could be scaled up or scaled down
• Basic knowledge Spanish, French, and Hebrew
Education
March 2015 Ph.D. Biomedical Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
Mentor: Roy Ogle, Ph.D. (Chair of the School of Medical Diagnostic &
Translational Sciences)
LifeNet Health Advisor: Silvia Chen, PhD, MBA
December 2011 M.S. Biomedical Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
Mentor: Dr. Roy Ogle, Ph.D. (C.S.O. of LifeNet Health)
December 2008 B.S. Biology and Minor in Chemistry, Christopher Newport University,
Newport News, Virginia
Research and Techniques
05/2011-03/2015 PhD, Eastern Virginia Medical School with Research at LifeNet
Health’s Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Investigated and developed an efficient differentiation system of induced pluripotent stem cells
(iPSC) to endodermal, ectodermal, and mesodermal cell lineages for scale
Set up a laboratory and lab equipment
Set up and maintained flow cytometry equipment (Accuri C6)
Characterized primary cells through quantitative and qualitative methods including cell imaging and
gene expression analysis
Verification of antibodies for use with flow cytometry, immunofluorescence, and western blotting
Achieved project goals through project planning and budgeting with MS Office and SAP
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Authored and maintained technical protocols, including SOPs
Determined patentability of projects by directly working with senior executives with IP research
presentations and patent searches
Team lead of a 2 member group that has characterized and researched developed iPSC lines
Ensured projects meet clinical GMP (Good manufacturing practice) and GLP (Good lab practice)
regulations
Collaborated with Research Scientists on various projects
03/2010-05/2011 Master’s Student, Dr. Roy Ogle Lab
Investigated the role of adipose extracellular matrix in adipose stem cell culture and differentiation
Designed experiments and wrote mock NIH grant proposals
01/2010-03/2010 Master’s Student Lab Rotation, Dr. Larry Sanford
Performed experiments and analyses for neurological sleep studies
10/2009-12/2009 Master’s Student Lab Rotation, Dr. Elena Galkina
Performed experiments for atherosclerosis and immunology studies
Publications:
Roberts C, Chen S, Toole A, Francis M, Ogle RA, Sola N, Ogle RC, Sachs P Efficient generation of
therapeutic quantities of MSCs from osteoblast-derived iPSCs. (Under Revision at Journal of Stem
Cells Translational Medicine).
Roberts C, Chen S, Toole A, Sola N, Francis M, Ogle RA, Sachs P and Ogle RC Derivation,
differentiation, and growth of definitive endodermal cells from reprogrammed donor cells.
(Submitted to Journal of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine).
Breathwaite E, Dutta S, Sachs PC, Roberts C, Chen S, Ogle RC, and Francis MP. Decellularized Human
Placenta for Therapeutic Somatic and Stem Cell Cultures, and Complex Extracellular Matrix
Proteomics. Prepared for Nature Biotech. (Under Review by LifeNet Health for intellectual
property).
Rough RR, Breathwaite E, Sachs PC, Roberts C, Chen S, Ogle RC and Francis MP. Electrospun Human
Extracellular Matrix Support Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell and Neuron Cultures. Preparated for
“Biomaterials.” (Under Review by LifeNet Health for intellectual property).
Oral Presentations at Conferences and Organizations:
Roberts, C., Chen, S., Toole, A., Sola, N., Sachs, P., and Ogle, R.C. Reprogramming, and differentiation
of human donor cells. LifeNet Health Quality Control 04/2014
Roberts, C., Chen, S., Sachs, P., and Ogle, R.C. Reprogramming donor cells and differentiation to
definitive endodermal cells. CNU Seminar 03/2014
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Roberts, C., Chen, S., Toole, A., Sachs, P., and Ogle, R.C. Osteoblast-derived iPSCs generate
mesodermal and endodermal cell types. EVMS Graduate Student Symposium 03/2014
Roberts, C., Ogle, R.A., Chen, S., Sachs, P., and Ogle, R.C. Poster: Derivation, differentiation, and
growth of definitive endodermal cells from reprogrammed donor cells. ISSCR, Boston, 06/2013
Roberts, C., Sachs, P., Chen, S., Ogle, R.C. Poster: Differentiation and culture of induced pluripotent
stem cells to definitive endodermal cells EVMS Research Day, 10/2012
Roberts, C., Ogle, R.A., Ogle, R.C. The Adipose Tissue Extracellular Matrix Role on Adipose Stem Cell
Differentiation. International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science at the 2011
conference, 11/2011
Roberts, C., Ogle, R.A., Ogle, R.C. Regenerative Medicine and Adipose Tissue. Biomedical Sciences
Student Organization Meeting, 02/2011
Certifications
HIPAA, CITI, LATA, RS 2000 X-Ray Irradiator training
Software Proficiencies
Android & Windows and Apple operating systems; Microsoft Project, Powerpoint, Excel, Word,
Outlook; SPSS statistical software; Adobe Photoshop, ImageJ, EndNote, Zeiss Zen image acquisition and
analysis, GraphPad Prism 6, BLAST, & PubMed; Thomson Innovation patent search engine.
Societies
BioFlorida Society
Virginia Biotechnology Association
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society
International Society of Stem Cell Research
American Society for Cell Biology
Biomedical Sciences Student Organization, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Treasurer and Vice
President
Languages
English (Native Speaker)
French (Advanced)
Spanish (Beginner)
