Ben Campbell
Postdoctoral Scholar at UC San Diego
San Diego, California, United States
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Top SchoolBen Campbell is a postdoctoral scholar and protein engineer with over a decade of experience designing fluorescent proteins and biosensors for cellular imaging and neurodegenerative disease research. He combines structure-guided engineering, directed evolution, and X-ray crystallography to create ultra-bright, chemically stable FPs and oxidative stress sensors deployed in human iPSC-derived neuronal models. With deep expertise in stem cell derivation and subtype-specific neuronal differentiation, he bridges molecular tool development and disease-relevant cellular assays to probe Parkinson’s and ALS mechanisms. Ben has translated academic methods into industry settings (MeiraGTx) and taught multiple labs viral and non-viral iPSC reprogramming techniques, emphasizing reproducibility and scalable biomanufacturing. He also explores molecular psychiatry and the neuroprotective actions of psychedelics, linking receptor pharmacology to potential therapeutic and biomanufacturing applications. Based in San Diego, he focuses on durable discoveries and tools that enable rigorous cellular neuroscience and translational impact.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa CruzDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Spanish, English
Github Skills (4)
discoverability8
traits8
pii5
extensible4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
ncrncornell/wp-plugins
Feb 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:1 PR, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
ncrncornell/ced2ar
Feb 2015 - May 2015
Comprehensive Extensible Data Documentation and Access Repository (CED²AR) was designed to improve the documentation and discoverability of both public and restricted data
Contributions:4 releases, 33 commits, 31 pushes in 3 months
data-documentationrestrictedextensiblediscoverabilitypii
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