Bob Kays
MBA Candidate at The UC Davis Graduate School of Management emphasizing in Marketing and Technology Management with an interest in the biotech/pharma industry. 5+ plus years of medical and genetic research experience.
| Headline: | Club Leader |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Industries: | Biotech, Health |
| Skills: | Business, Management, Marketing |
| Groups: | Big Bang! Business Plan Competition |
| Interested in: | Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Internships, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | University of California System - Davis |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | UC Davis School of Medicine |
| Position: | Lab Manager |
| Time period: | July 2005 - August 2008 |
| Description: | • Co-authored six peer reviewed scientific research articles published in premier medical researcher journals, such as The Journal of Immunology and Gastroenterology.
• Collaborated with different departments on campus to develop a grant proposal to support a research project focused on novel strategies to study human infertility. • Generated, analyzed and organized complex scientific data and presented the findings to lab members at weekly group meetings, as well as campus researchers at periodic conferences. • Designed, modified and implemented laboratory protocols requiring intimate knowledge and competence in the areas of immunology, biochemistry and molecular biology. • Upon expansion of the size of the lab from four to eleven permanent members, responsible for training, supervising and managing new lab members, as well as visiting and rotating researchers in the scientific protocols and procedures of the lab. • Simultaneously managed several research projects, which required on-the-fly adjustments and adaptations, while maintaining meticulous records of experimental procedures and results. |
| Employer: | UC Davis Genome Center – Michelmore Lab |
| Position: | Student Research Assistant |
| Time period: | July 2003 - June 2005 |
| Description: | • Provided technical assistance to staff, graduate and post graduate researchers to facilitate the completion of their scientific research projects.
• Performed complex multistep genetic assays and presented findings to senior lab members, whom depended on the precision and accuracy of my experimental results to help guide the direction of a multi-year research project. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Davis |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2010 |
| Degree: | Marketing and Technology Management, MBA |
| University: | University of California System - Davis |
| Time period: | 2000 - 2005 |
| Degree: | Genetics minor: Managerial Economics, BSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | • Hornsby, M.J., Huff, J.L, Kays, R.J., Canfield, D.R., Bevins, C.L. and Solnick, J.V. 2008 Helicobacter pylori induces an antimicrobial host response in rhesus macaques in a Cag Pathogenicity Island-Dependent Manner. Gastroenterology. 2008Apr;134(4):1049-57.
• George M.D., Wehkamp J., Kays R.J., Grishina, I., Dandekar S. and Bevins, C.L. 2008 Laser capture microdissection and in vivo gene expression profiling of human ileal Paneth cells and enterocytes from archived formalin-fixed tissues. BMC Genomics. May 5;9(1):209. • Wehkamp, J., Wang, G., Kubler, I., Nuding, S., Gregorieff, A., Schnabel, A., Kays R.J., Fellermann, K., Burk, O., Schwab, M., Clevers, H., Bevins, C.L., and Strange E.F. 2007. The Paneth Cell -Defensin Deficiency of Ileal Crohn’s Disease Is Linked to Wnt/TCF-4. The Journal of Immunology. Vol:179: 3109-3118. • Yudin A, Tollner T, Treece C, Kays RJ, Cherr G, Overstreet J, Bevins C. 2008 {beta}-defensin 22 is a major component of the mouse sperm glyocalyx. Reproduction. Sep 11. • Nguven, G.T., Kays, R.J., Pratt, J.S., Young, V.B. & Bevins, C.L. 2007. Expression of paneth cell antimicrobial peptides in response to Helicobacter hepaticus infection. The Journal of Investigative Medicine. 55, S143-S144. (Abstract) • Wehkamp J., Chu H., Shen B., Feathers R.W., Kays R.J., Lee S.K. and Bevins C.L. 2006. Paneth cell antimicrobial peptides: topographical distribution and quantification in human gastrointestinal tissues FEBS Letters; 580(22): 5344-5350. • Karlsson J., Pütsep K., Chu H., Kays R.J., Bevins C.L. and Andersson M. 2008. Regional variations in Paneth cell antimicrobial peptide expression along the mouse intestinal tract. BMC Immunology. Jul 17;9:37. |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Baseball, Golf, Snowboarding |
| Clubs: | UC Davis Graduate School of Management BioBusiness Club, Big Bang Organization Committee |
| Awards: | 2008 Innovator Fellowship Award recipient.
UC Davis Gail and Ruth Oliver Scholarship Award Recipient. |
Bob's Contacts (5)
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Julia Barg
MBA Candidate, UC Davis Graduate School of Management, 2010, Entrepreneurship & Marketing
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Matt Robinson
University of California, Davis, MBA, expected June 2010. University of California, Berkeley, BA in English.
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Maria Zhao
Electrical Engineering graduate from UC Santa Barbara, pursuing MBA with focus in Tech Management and Marketing at UC Davis
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Adelina Ratner
MBA Student at UC Davis.