Associate Director of Facilities and Lab Ops

EpiCypher Inc

Biography

Keli graduated from the State University of New York at New Paltz with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology with focused minors in Chemistry and Evolutionary Biology. She joined EpiCypher in 2018 as a Research Associate I. Throughout her career at EpiCypher Keli gained experience with many assay platforms such as: SNAP-ChIP, Luminex, ELISA, Alpha, and dCypher. Many of these platforms being fluorescent based technologies being used at EpiCypher primarily for antibody profiling. She established EpiCypher’s first Tissue Culture lab and also was instrumental in creating ChromtinAntibodies.com, which originated from an extremely extensive project to identify and develop the best antibodies for profiling histone post-translational modifications.

Keli quickly climbed the ladder at EpiCypher, becoming a Research Associate III in just 2 short years. She was an RAIII for 28 days and then was asked to become the Lab Manager for a rapidly growing company that needed infrastructure and organization in order for continued success. She has since developed and streamlined the entire product and inventory system that is now used at EpiCypher. She manages the company’s ELN, electronic databases, SOP’s & assay protocol development and organization, Project & Task Management platform, and all of the incoming and outgoing commercial & R&D inventory at EpiCypher. Keli also focuses on compliance, safety, and all lab expansions & future lab development. As EpiCypher continues to grow in technology, products, and people the importance of operational infrastructure and development, both inside and outside the lab, will be a key component in the continued success of this biotech company.