Areas Laurel Lenz is Knowledgeable in:
- Biologic Therapeutics for infectious, inflammatory, and cancerous diseases.
- mechanisms of disease
- Immunology and microbiology
- biotechnology
Techniques Laurel Lenz Uses:
- Literature research
- Data collection and analysis
- Management of research teams and advisory boards.
Laurel Lenz's Problem Solving Skills:
- Immunological assays - cell culture and whole animal
- Molecular biology
- Scientific publications
- Successful at grant writing and review
- animal models
- innate immunity
- bacterial protein secretion
- immune stimulation
Laurel Lenz's Problem Solving Experience:
- - I have built and managed a successful Immunology/Microbiology research lab from ground up at a major research institute/university over the past 7 years.
- I have been promoted due to my success in performing biomedical research, managing a research lab, and teaching immunology and microbiology.
- I have successfully attracted grant funding in the areas of immunology and bacterial pathogenesis.
- I manage a group of 8-10 people.
- I am a founder and scientific director of a startup biotech company that is developing therapeutics based on immune modulation.
- I have developed innovative approaches to identify antigenic and bioactive peptides and proteins from pathogenic organisms.
- I have developed and improved upon animal models for infectious diseases.