Esther Park

Experience

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  Syracuse University

  Sept 2016 - May 2018

  Undergraduate Student Researcher

  Department of Biology and Department of Chemistry Dr. Carlos Castaneda lab Research and capstone on the effect of UBA mutations on Ubiquilin-2 structure and phase separation behavior using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Renee Crown Honors Capstone

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  Emory University School of Medicine

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

  Research Specialist

  Department of BiochemistryDr. Graeme Conn LabResearch on OAS1 activity and dsRNA recognition by wild-type and clinical variants utilizing in vitro biochemical assays.

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  The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  May 2020 - May 2024

  Ph.D Candidate

  Advisors: Allen Buskirk PhD and Rachel Green PhD Researching ribosome quality control and mRNA surveillance in bacteria utilizing molecular biology, biochemistry, and genomics.

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  The Johns Hopkins University

  Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Teaching assistant for graduate course (Proteins and Nucleic Acids I) Fall 2020: - Assisted professors Dr. Greg Bowman and Dr. Sarah Woodson with the transition to virtual class - Hosted TA office hours helping students with biophysical concepts and python coding - Graded problem sets and python coding and pymol assignments

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  Nucleate

  Jul 2021 - Jun 2023

  Nucleate is a collaborative entrepreneurship program that facilitates the formation of life sciences ventures by bringing together scientific trainees and business students. Nucleate Bio is a collaborative entrepreneurship program that facilitates the formation of life sciences ventures by bringing together scientific trainees and business students.

  • Strategy Lead, Nucleate Baltimore

    Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Operations Lead, Nucleate Baltimore

    Jul 2021 - Sept 2022
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  Blackbird Laboratories

  Oct 2023 - now

  Venture Fellow