Girar Kolakian

Associate Director, Manufacturing & MSAT at GeneFab

Girar Kolakian currently serves as the Associate Director of Manufacturing & MSAT at GeneFab since October 2023, focusing on manufacturing process improvement and technical transfers. Prior experience includes a role as Senior Manager of Manufacturing Sciences and Technology at Nutcracker Therapeutics, where Girar led a team of 12 and managed manufacturing operations for DNA and mRNA-based drug substances and lipid nanoparticle drug products. Girar also held various engineering positions at Kite Pharma, including process engineering roles in commercial automation and clinical manufacturing, and contributed to the successful technology transfer of neoantigen manufacturing processes. Early career experiences include aseptic manufacturing at Capricor Therapeutics and research as a Scientist I at One Lambda, Inc. Girar Kolakian holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Cell and Molecular Biology from California State University, Northridge.

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GeneFab

GeneFab offers its customers an extensive technology platform and know-how that spans early stage product design, technical development, and cGMP compliant production. GeneFab's technology platform includes bioinformatic-guided discovery of cell type promoters, directed evolution of small molecule-regulated gene switches, and the engineering of highly sensitive kill switches for enhanced safety and control of cellular therapies.


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