Samantha De Salle

Samantha De Salle, Ph.D. is a Scientist at Primordial Genetics with expertise in protein biochemistry, analytics, and assay development. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Biology with an emphasis in Molecular Biology at Mercyhurst University in Erie, PA. There, she studied the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in deer ticks, the bacteria responsible for causing Lyme disease. After completing a summer REU studying yeast transcription using photo-crosslinkers, she decided to pivot away from population genetics to pursue a Ph.D. in Chemical Biology. She completed her doctorate at the University of Michigan studying molecular recognition of protein-protein interactions that regulate transcription in humans. Using biophysical and biochemical approaches, she studied how transcription factors recognize and bind to one another to initiate a gene response and identify ways to modulate the dysregulation of these interactions. After her Ph.D., Samantha moved to Vancouver, WA to join Absci as Protein Biochemist where she developed methods to characterize proteins to be used as potential biologics before coming to San Diego.