Manu Thomas Kalathottukaren

Dr. Manu Thomas Kalathottukaren is a scientist with experience in blood science, bioengineering, assay, and product development. Dr. Kalathottukaren received his PhD in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from the University of British Columbia (UBC). Dr. Kalathottukaren also holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences, and a master’s in pharmaceutical chemistry from the MGR Medical University, Chennai, India.
 

After completing his doctoral and postdoctoral studies at UBC, Dr. Kalathottukaren worked in the Canadian biotech industry until he joined Canadian Blood Services as a Development Scientist, based at Canadian Blood Services netCAD Blood4Research facility in Vancouver based at Canadian Blood Services netCAD facility in Vancouver supporting product and process development. His current role focuses on optimizing blood products and processes and introducing novel, safe, effective, high-quality blood transfusion products for Canadian patients.

Research areas

• blood product process development and optimization
• assay development and validation

Research interests

• optimizing production processes
• designing and developing new blood products
• developing new in vitro quality assays

Awards

• UBC Faculty of Medicine graduate award, 2011
• Graduate student award from the Center for Blood Research, 2014
• American Society of Hematology (ASH) abstract achievement award, 2014
• Travel awards from the Thrombosis and Hemostasis Societies of North America and the Canadian Biomaterials Society, 2016
• Portola Pharmaceuticals (now part of AstraZeneca) trainee award