Prior Academic Affiliations:
PhD. Biological Sciences
City of Hope, Duarte, CA
Graduation Date: TBD
M.Sc Biomedical Sciences (Emphasis Molecular Biophysics)
New York University, New York, NY
Graduation Date: June 2021
M.Sc. in Biochemistry
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Graduation Date: August 2017
B.S. in Biochemistry
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Graduation Date: August 2017
Thesis Mentor/ Thesis Project:
1st year student currently rotating in labs.
Fellowship, Honors, Awards etc.
R01 Diversity Supplement GM124489
($40,380/ Year Stipend + Tuition Covered)
Award date: 2020
NIH T32 Training Grantee
($24,324 Stipend/ Year Stipend)
Award date: 2018-2019
Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar Summer Research Program ($4,500 Allowance)
Award date: Summer 2017
NSF-Science Technology Center (STC) for Cellular Construction MS Scholar ($3,500 Stipend)
Award date: 2016-2017
Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholar ($3,000 Stipend/ Year Stipend + Summer Allowance)
Award date: 2015-2017
NIH MS Bridges to the Future Fellowship ($22,250/ Year Stipend)
Award date: 2013-2015
McNair Scholars Program ($3,000/ Year Stipend)
Award date: 2011-2015
Louis Strokes Alliance for Minorities (LSAMP)
Award date: 2014
LSAMP-Program Recognizing Outstanding Undergraduate Distinction Award Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) ($600/ Year Stipend)
Award date: 2009-2015
Research/Professional Experiences:
Senior Associate Scientist, Theragent 2022 – 2024
Supervisor: Venkatesh Natarajan
Senior Associate Scientist (Contractor), Amgen Headquarters
Supervisor: Rene Hubert
Graduate Student Researcher, New York School of Medicine 2017 – 2020
Research Advisor: Dr. Michelle Krogsgaard
Summer Research Assistant, University of California San Francisco Summer 2017
Research Advisor: Drs. William DeGrado & Bobo Dang
Graduate Student Researcher, San Francisco State University 2015-2017
Research Advisor: Dr. Raymond Esquerra
Undergraduate Student Researcher, Sonoma State University 2013-2015
Research Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Whiles-Lillig
Undergraduate Student Researcher, Thermochem Inc. 2012-2013
Research Advisor: Dr. Matthew Broaddus
PRESENTATIONS/ORAL PRESENTATIONS
* Gutierrez, J.V. (Oral Presentation), Review of Gene and Cell Therapy, and poster
“Development of an In-House Suspension Lentiviral Vector Production Cell Line to Accelerate Manufacture of Cell Therapy Products.” (July. 21st, 2023), Theragent Inc. 668 Arrow Grand Circle suite 101, Covina, CA 91722
* Gutierrez, J.V. (Poster), M.Sc.1 Poster #767: Development of an In-House Suspension Lentiviral Vector Production Cell Line to Accelerate Manufacture of Cell Therapy Products. American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) (May. 17th, 2023), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
https://annualmeeting.asgct.org/abstracts/abstract-details?abstractId=14973
* Gutierrez, J.V. (Oral Presentation), Exploring Schrodinger’s Bioluminate to Rationally Design CARs. Sino-American Cancer Foundation. Journal Club. (Dec. 16, 2022), Theragent Inc. 668 Arrow Grand Circle suite 101, Covina, CA 91722
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN2NOAFp5j4&t=1955s
* Gutierrez, J.V. (Oral Presentation), The Next Steps in Immunotherapy. Discussion on Cytokine Engineering with a focus on 2022 Cell Paper, “Facile Discovery on Surrogate Cytokine Agonists.” Journal Club. (Dec. 16, 2022), Theragent Inc. 668 Arrow Grand Circle suite 101, Covina, CA 91722
* Gutierrez, J.V. (Oral Presentation), Mapping the Extracellular Organization of the T-cell (TCR)-CD3 Complex. Molecular Biophysics Works-in-Progress. New York University School of Medicine (April 17, 2019), New York, New York.
* Gutierrez, J.V. (Oral Presentation) MSc1, Lara Manimbao, BS in progress2, Pilar Lopez, MS in Progress3, Raymond Esquerra, PhD4. Exploring the Molecular Mechanism of the Calmodulin Binding Induced Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity. The 2016 SACNAS: The National Diversity in STEM Conference (October 13-15 2016), Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA.
* Gutierrez, J.V. (Poster), Goldbeck, Kelsey, Lillig, Jennifer, Killing Efficacy of the via
WildType via Fluorescent Analysis. 27th Annual Northern California Research Symposium
(May 910, 2015), Santa Cruz, CA.
* Gutierrez, J.V. (Poster), Lillig, J., Killing Efficacy of the VIA Wild-Type via Fluorescent Analysis, California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology
(CSUPERB) Symposium (January 8-10, 2015), Santa Clara, C
* Gutierrez, J.V. (Poster), Goldbeck, Kelsey, Lillig, J., Carnobacteriocin BII Peptide Bactercidial Assay. California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology
(CSUPERB) Symposium (January 9-11, 2014), Santa Clara, CA.
* Gutierrez, J.V. (Poster), Goldbeck, Kelsey, Lillig, Jennifer, Carnobacteriocin BII Peptide Bactercidial Assay. American Chemistry Society Annual Meeting (August 9-14, 2014), San Francisco, CA.
* Presenter
Publications:
Joshua Gutierrez, MA, Chakrapani Tripathi, PhD, Sergey Zolov, MA, PhD, Frank Luh, MD, MHA, MS, and Venkatesh Natarajan, MS, PhD (2024). Development And Optimization Of In-House Serum Free Suspension-Adapted 293T Cell Line For Lentiviral Vector Production To Improve Cell & Gene Therapy Manufacturing (Company White Paper). Theragent Inc.
Gutierrez, Joshua (2024). Exploring the Structure-Function Relationship of Nitric Oxide Synthase. San Francisco State University. Master’s Thesis.
Gutierrez, Joshua., Lillig, J. (2016). Carnobacteriocin BII Peptide Bactericidal Assay. Sonoma State University McNair Scholars Research Journal, Volume 6, 34-43.
Gutierrez, Joshua., Lillig, J. (2015). Carnobacteriocin BII Peptide Bactericidal Assay. Sonoma State University McNair Scholars Research Journal, Volume 5, 86-91.