Thomas Perkins

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About Thomas Perkins

Passionate about life. • 10+ years Industrial Experience in the biotechnology/biopharma/drug discovery space with Genentech, Twist Bioscience, Twist Biopharma, Flagship Pioneering, Harbinger Oncology, General Proximity, and Cube Biotech. • 3+ years Consulting/Advising for startups, VCs, angel investors, hedge funds, and biotechnology companies. • 1.5 years in Academia as a Joint Lab Staff Scientist Engineer at University of Washington, School of Medicine where I focused on Quantitative Proteomics & 3D Genome Organization projects led by Harvard Medical School alumni Dr. Devin Schweppe, Dr. Brian Beliveau, MIT alumnus Dr. David Shechner & Nobel Laureate Dr. David Baker from the IPD. Collaborations with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Genentech, Calico Life Sciences, and AI Proteins. • Historical investigator and steward of Thomas Edison’s 1914 “Friend Ford” letter that launched America’s first corporate-backed anti-smoking public health campaign—validated by world-renowned forensic examiner Joseph Barabe, Brian Wilson at The Henry Ford, Dr. Paul Israel at Rutgers, Leonard DeGraff at The Dept of Interior, and curators at The Smithsonian as a culturally significant, one-of-one artifact;~600+ professional hours invested. • 3+ years running nonprofit TapBioscience which offers a service to all communities with an aim to give exposure to biotechnologies, biopharma industry, sustainability, circular business models, and career support. • 9 years working in retail and consumer space before breaking into biotech. Specialties: Quantitative Proteomics (Phosphoproteomics, Spatiotemporal Proteomics via Proximity-Labeling, TMT Multiplexing), 3D Genome Organization, Oligo-mediated Proximity Mapping (OMAP), Heterobifunctional Molecules (PROTACs), Super-Resolution Microscopy, Proximity-based Assays, Stable Cell Line Generation, Membrane Proteins, Human Biology, Protein Purification, DNA Synthesis, Vector Production, HTP Screening, Drug Discovery, Humanizing Antibodies, Synthetic Antibodies, NGS, cfDNA Methylation, Cancer Genomics, Data Analysis, Scaling-up, ISO, GMP, Automation, New Product Introduction, New Product Development, Business Development, Marketing, Account Management, Strategy, OEM, and more. 30 years old South Korean-American From Minot, North Dakota Disclaimer All articles posted on my Linkedin profile are my own personal interests and opinions.