Nicholas Abuid
Ph.D. / Application Scientist
ACROBiosystems
A biomedical engineer by training who focused on cell therapies for Type I Diabetes during his doctoral work. Nicholas is now working on recombinant proteins for CAR T cell therapies and COVID vaccine development. At Acro, Nicholas has worked with leaders in industry and academia to support their research needs. Nicholas forms part of a team that was able to guide the development of new proteins to complement vaccine and therapy development for COVID, CAR T-cell therapy, and other immune and autoimmune conditions. As a member of Acro, he is highly interested in leveraging the company’s resources and state-of-the-art technology to help our partners and clients develop next-generation therapies.
Melissa Mulla
Product Specialist
CellTreat
With a background of 15 years at the bench as a lab manager and researcher, in both academia and the biotech industry, Melissa welcomes any opportunity for technical conversations. Specializing in molecular biology, her passion has been culturing cells and studying their function. Her primary focus for most of her scientific career was researching how autoimmunity can adversely affect pregnancy, and discovering more effective ways to treat these conditions and improve pregnancy outcomes. At CELLTREAT, Melissa strives to make meaningful connections with fellow scientists by providing experienced technical support, and by guiding product development and improvement from the perspective of a researcher.
Hazel Dickson
Marketing Manager
Waters
As the marketing manager for Waters, Hazel focuses on how Waters can improve the daily lives of analytical scientists. She does this by facilitating the transformation of samples into results, and questions into answers. Hazel spends a great deal of time thinking about how to simplify the complex ideas and communicate it to the masses for both the US and European headquarters.
