Carl Laxton

About

Carl is an experience drug discovery bio scientist and joined
Digital and Lifelong Learning in September 2020 as a lecturer in Bioscience. As
well as training and mentoring young scientists, Carl has a long career in drug
discovery, from exploratory research through to clinical development in large
pharma, start-up biotech and contract research organisations. Among Carl’s
achievements, he has also: 
Designed and ran
cell-based pharmacology screens identifying molecules for clinical testing
Planned & executed biology strategy during a
pre-clinical to first-in-human drug discovery programme
Addressed complex issues
through innovative development of translational biomarker assays to inform
target / compound selection, validation and progression to the clinic
Compiled the preclinical
biology sections of IB, pre-IND and IND documentation
Validated an antiviral qPCR
assays platform technology then used it to process clinical samples to deliver
a complete QC / QA compliant data package
Managed multiple concurrent
activities to deliver, analyse and critique key decision making data within
demanding timelines working to GCP / GLP standards
Influenced cross functional
project team decisions through well informed scientific critique to progress
candidates to clinical development