Dr. Richard Jayaraj
Neuroscientist with over 15 years of international research experience across four countries, specializing in multi-disciplinary pre-clinical and clinical projects spanning in silico, in vitro, and in vivo disease models and human biomarkers. I started my research journey from a humble background, without access to sophisticated labs or resources, yet went on to complete my PhD […]
MEHDI SOLEYMANI-GOLOUJEH, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral scientist with 2+ years of post-PhD experience designing and characterizing engineered human pluripotent stem cell lines at the UCSF Diabetes Center. Applies CRISPR/Cas9-based genome engineering, HDR-oriented knock-in/knockout strategies, TALEN-related workflows, and lentiviral effector systems to build hPSC-derived models of inflammation-driven cell death, with multi-lineage differentiation experience relevant to neural and microglial lineage workflows used […]