Azalea Ong

Azalea Ong has an extensive work experience in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology. Azalea is currently working as a Senior Scientist I at ArsenalBio since September 2022, where they are involved in scientific research and development. Prior to this, they held the role of Scientist I at ArsenalBio from July 2021 to September 2022.

Before joining ArsenalBio, Azalea worked at Anwita Biosciences from August 2019 to July 2021. At Anwita Biosciences, they played various roles and was responsible for leading antibody discovery projects and contributing to protein engineering projects.

Additionally, Azalea has worked at DuPont Pioneer as a Sr. Research Associate for a significant period from January 2005 to February 2019. Azalea'swork at DuPont Pioneer focused on optimizing and characterizing novel insecticidal proteins, creating protein variant libraries, and optimizing assay processes.

Azalea also worked at Verdia Inc as a Research Associate from January 2003 to December 2004. At Verdia Inc, they focused on improving the efficiency and affinity of the DNA modifying enzyme, Cre recombinase, by creating DNA libraries and optimizing assay screens.

In the early stages of their career, Azalea worked as a Research Assistant at Maxygen from May 2000 to December 2002. Azalea'swork at Maxygen involved optimizing the activity of various peptides against multiple targets.

Azalea began their career as a Laboratory Assistant at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, where they worked in the Laboratory of Dr. Paul Gumerlock from November 1998 to February 2000. Azalea'swork focused on identifying p53 independent pathways to apoptosis in response to X-irradiation in human prostate cancer.

Overall, Azalea Ong has gained significant experience and expertise in protein engineering, molecular biology, and scientific research throughout their career.

Azalea Ong obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Biochemistry from the University of California, Davis in the year 2000. In addition, they have obtained various certifications from Coursera, including "Fundamentals of Immunology: Death by Friendly Fire," "Fundamentals of Immunology: T Cells and Signaling," "Fundamentals of Immunology: Innate Immunity and B-Cell Function," "Data Science Methodology," "Open Source tools for Data Science," and "What is Data Science?" in the years 2019 and 2020.