Soma Banik

Soma leads strategic communications at Integral Molecular, including content development for scientific communications, marketing communications and public relations. She brings more than 10 years of experience translating science and technology for customers, collaborators, and the public. Soma joined Integral Molecular in 2007 as a laboratory scientist with a passion for science communications and has since expanded her role in communications and management. She has contributed to the commercialization of all of Integral Molecular’s products to date.

Prior to joining Integral Molecular, Soma worked in HIV drug discovery at Boehringer Ingelheim in Laval, Quebec, developing cell-based assays and h high throughput screening methods to study small-molecule inhibitors of HIV capsid. Soma earned her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Duke University studying telomerase and completed undergraduate studies in the Biology and Pharmacology program at McMaster University.