
Technical Electives at MIT:
- Mechanisms of Drug Actions - 20.201
- Molecular and Engineering Aspects of Biotechnology - 20.361
Maryelise Cieslewicz
Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering, MIT, 2010
Professional Experience
Project Manager
- Pharmacyclics - An AbbVie Company
- Facilitate Research and Development Leadership Team meetings chaired by President
- Support preclinical research teams through research timeline management, governance meeting facilitation, and data transfer
Consultant
- Boston Consulting Group
- Broad biopharma corporate strategy consulting experience
Educational Experience
Academic:
- Biological Engineering Undergraduate Board: President, Secretary
- Teaching Assistant: Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems - 20.330
Participation in Programs:
- MIT Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
- Amgen Scholars Program
Undergraduate Research Experiences:
- Wittrup Lab - Characterized a bispecific antibody for targeted delivery of radionuclides to cancer
- Dewey Lab - Quantified the thickness and mechanical properties of glycocalyx on endothelial cells
Publications/Posters:
PUBLICATIONS
- KD Orcutt, M Ackerman, M Cieslewicz, E Quiroz, AL Slusarczyk, J Frangioni and KD Wittrup. A Simple Modular IgG-like Bispecific Antibody Topology. Protein Eng. Des. Sel., April 2010; 23: 221 - 228.
- KD Orcutt, AL Slusarczyk, M Cieslewicz, B Ruiz-Yi, KR Bhushan, JV Frangioni, and KD Wittrup. Engineering an antibody with picomolar affinity to DOTA chelates of multiple radionuclides for pretargeted radioimmunotherapy and imaging. Nucl Med Biol., February 2011; 38(2):223-233
POSTERS
- M Cieslewicz, KD Orcutt, KD Wittrup. Effective Strategy for Targeting Shed Antigen. SWE National Conference, 2009. (Collegiate Poster Competition Finalist)
- M Cieslewicz, KD Orcutt, KD Wittrup. Effective Strategy for Targeting Shed Antigen. Boston Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2009. (poster presentation)
PRESENTATIONS (Presenter denoted by an asterisk)
- Y Yao, H Huang*, M Cieslewicz, and CF Dewey. Three-dimensional mapping of the glycocalyx layer on endothelial cells. Biomedical Engineering Society, 2007 Annual Fall Meeting. (oral presentation)
- Y Yao, M Cieslewicz, H Huang, ER Damiano, and CF Dewey*. Dynamics of the endothelial glycocalyx layer subjected to unsteady flow. Biomedical Engineering Society, 2007 Annual Fall Meeting. (oral presentation)