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Anton Neschadim, Hon. BSc, MSc, PhD, MBA

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Academic Preparation

 

  MBA (Bregman Scholar, Dean's List), Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2014-2017

Area of Specialization: Finance & Investment Banking, Strategic Management

  PhD in Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 2005-2011

Area of Research: Gene Therapy, Immunology, Transplantation

  MSc in Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 2002-2005

Area of Research: Immunology, B Lymphocyte Development

  Hon. BSc in Life Sciences and Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, 1999-2002

Programs: Immunology Specialist & Biological Chemistry Specialist

  Rogozin High School Matriculation Diploma, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1995-1998

 

 

Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

 

Citations – 594, h-index – 13

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

 


27.    Neschadim, A., Medin, J.A. Engineered Thymidine-Active Deoxycytidine Kinase for Bystander Killing of Malignant Cells. 2019. Methods Mol. Biol. 1895:149-163.

26.    Lewis, B.J.B., Leontyev, D., Neschadim, A., Blacquiere, M., Branch D.R. GM-CSF and IL-4 are not involved in IVIG-mediated amelioration of ITP in mice: a role for IL-11 cannot be ruled out. 2018. Clin Exp Immunol. 193(3):293-301.

25.    Resetca, D., Neschadim, A., Medin, J.A. Engineering Hematopoietic Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy: Strategies to Address Safety and Toxicity Concerns. J. of Immunotherapy. 2016. 39(7):249-259. Review.

24.    Neschadim, A., Kotra, L.P., and D.R. Branch. Small molecule phagocytosis inhibitors for immune cytopenias. Autoimmunity Reviews. 2016. 15(8):843-7.

23.    Neschadim, A., and D.R. Branch. Mouse Models for Immune-mediated Platelet Destruction or Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP). Current Protocols in Immunology. 2016. 113:15.30.1-15.30.13.

22.    McCarthy, S.D.S., Sakac, D., Neschadim, A., Branch D.R. c-SRC Protein Tyrosine Kinase Regulates Early HIV-1 Infection Post Entry. AIDS. 2016. 30(6):849-58

21.    Neschadim, A., Summerlee, A.J.S., Silvertown, J.D. Targeting the Relaxin Hormonal Pathway in Prostate Cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 2015. 137(10):2287-95. Review.

20.    Kozlowski, H.N., Lai, E.T.L., C-Havugimanac, P., White, C., Emili, A., Sakac, D., Binnington, B., Neschadim, A., McCarthy, S.D.S., Branch D.R. Extracellular histones identified in crocodile blood inhibit in-vitro HIV-1 infection. AIDS. 2016. 30(13):2043-52.

19.    Neschadim, A., and M.J.H. Ratcliffe. Failure of Immunoglobulin Heavy and Light Chain Association and Consequences to Apoptosis in the Bursa of Fabricius. In preparation, Dept. of Immunology, 2016.

18.    Sato, T., Neschadim, A., Nakagawa, R., Yanagisawa, T., Medin, J.A. Evaluation of Bystander Cell Killing Effects in Suicide Gene Therapy of Cancer: Engineered Thymidylate Kinase (TMPK)/AZT Enzyme-Prodrug Axis. Methods Mol. Biol. 2015. 1317: 55-67.

17.    Neschadim, A., Branch, D.R. Mouse Models of Autoimmune Diseases: Immune Thrombocytopenia. Current Pharm. Design. 2014. 21(18):2487-97. Review.

16.    Neschadim, A., Pritzker, L.B., Pritzker, K.P.H., Branch, D., Summerlee, A.J.S., Trachtenberg, J., Silvertown, J.D. Relaxin receptor antagonist AT-001 synergizes with docetaxel in androgen-independent prostate xenografts. Endocrine Related Cancer. 2014. 21(3):459-71.

15.    Leontyev, D., Neschadim, A., Branch. D.R. Cytokine profiles in mouse models of experimental immune thrombocytopenia reveal a lack of inflammation and differences in response to IVIg depending on the mouse strain. Transfusion. 2014. 54(11):2871-9.

14.    Campbell, I.K., Miescher, S., Branch, D.R., Mott, P.J., Lazarus, A.H., Han, D., Maraskovsky, E., Zuercher, A.W., Neschadim, A., Leontyev, D., McKenzie, B.S., Käsermann, F. Therapeutic Effect of IVIG on Inflammatory Arthritis in Mice Is Dependent on the Fc Portion and Independent of Sialylation or Basophils. Journal of Immunology. 2014. 192(11):5031-8.

13.    Purohit, M.K., Chakka, S.K., Scovell, I., Neschadim, A., Salum, N., Bareau, M.C., Katsman, Y., Branch, D.R., Kotra, L.P. Structure-activity relationships of pyrazole derivatives as potential therapeutics for I. Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry. 2014. 22(9):2739-52.

12.    Sato, T. *, Neschadim, A. *, Lavie, A., Yanagisawa, T., Medin, J.A. The Engineered Thymidylate Kinase (TMPK)/AZT Enzyme-Prodrug Axis Offers Efficient Bystander Cell Killing for Suicide Gene Therapy. PLoS One. 2013. 8(10): e78711. (*Equal contributor).

11.    Scaife, M.D., Pacienza, N.A., Au, B.C., Wang, J.C., Devine, S.P., Scheid, L., Lee, C-J., Lopez-Perez, O., Neschadim, A., Fowler, D.H., Foley, R., Medin, J.A. Engineered Human Tmpk Fused with Truncated Cell Surface Markers: Versatile Cell-Fate Control Safety Cassettes. Gene Therapy. 2013. 20(1): 24-34.

10.    Purohit, M., Scovell, I., Neschadim, A., Katsman, Y., Branch, D., Kotra, L. Disulfide Linked Pyrazole Derivatives Inhibit Phagocytosis of Opsonized blood cells. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Letters. 2013. 23(8): 2324-7.

9.       Neschadim, A., Wang, J.C.M., Sato, T., Fowler, D.H., Lavie, A., Medin, J.A. Cell Fate Control Gene Therapy based on Engineered Variants of Human Deoxycytidine Kinase. Molecular Therapy. 2012. 20(5):1002-1013.

8.       Neschadim, A., Wang, J.C.M., Lavie, A., Medin, J.A. Bystander killing of malignant cells via the delivery of novel thymidine-active deoxycytidine kinase for suicide gene therapy of cancer. Cancer Gene Therapy. 2012. 19(5): 320-327.

7.       Walia, J.S.*, Neschadim, A.*, Lopez, O., Alayoubi, A., Fan, X., Madden, M., Lee, C-J., Cheung, F, Jaffray, D., Levade, T., McCart, A.J., Medin, J.A. Supranormal Lysosomal Acid Ceramidase Activity in Primates after Autologous Transplant of Lentivector-Transduced Hematopoietic Cells. Human Gene Therapy. 2011. 22(6): 679-687. (*Equal contributor).

6.       Likar, Y., Zurita, J., Shenker, L., Cai, S., Neschadim, A., Medin, J.A., Hricak, H., Ponomarev, V. A new pyrimidine-specific human reporter gene – mutated deoxycytidine kinase suitable for PET imaging in patients treated with acycloguanosine-based cytotoxic drugs. J. of Nuclear Medicine. 2010. 51(9):1395-1403.

5.       Silvertown, J.D., Neschadim, A., Liu, H.N., Shannon, P., Walia, J.S., Kao, J.C.H., Robertson, J., Summerlee, A.J.S., and J.A. Medin. Relaxin-3 and receptors in the human and rhesus brain and reproductive tissues. Regulatory Peptides. 2010.  159:44-53.

4.       Scaife, M.D., Neschadim, A., Fowler, D.H., Medin, J.A. Novel application of lentiviral vectors towards treatment of graft-versus-host disease. Expert Opinion in Biological Therapy. 2009. 9(6):749-61. Review.

3.       Neschadim, A., McCart, J.A., Keating, A., Medin, J.A. A Roadmap to Safe, Efficient, and Stable Lentivirus-Mediated Gene Therapy with Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. BBMT. 2007. 13(12):1407-16. Review.

2.       Sato, T., Neschadim, A., Konrad, M., Lavie, A., Medin, J.A. Engineered Human tmpk/AZT as a Novel Enzyme/Prodrug Axis for Suicide Gene Therapy. Molecular Therapy. 2007. 15(5): 962-70.

1.       Silvertown, J.D., Symes J.C., Neschadim, A., Nonaka, T., Kao, J., Summerlee, A.J.S., Medin, J.A. Analog of H2 relaxin exhibits antagonistic properties and impairs prostate tumor growth. FASEB J. 2007. 21(3): 754-65.


 

Book Chapters

 


§  Sato, T., Neschadim, A., Nakagawa, R., Yanagisawa, T., Medin, J.A. Gene Therapy of Solid Cancers: Chapter 4. Methods in Molecular Biology Series. Springer International Publishing. 2015. 1317:55-67.


 


Patents and Patent Applications

 


§  Silvertown, J.D., Neschadim, A. USA Provisional 61/916,528. Methods of treating cancer associated with relaxin. PCT filed: 2014.

§  Medin, J.A., Neschadim, A. US 12/532,572 - Vector encoding therapeutic polypeptide and safety elements to clear transduced cells - PCT/CA2008/000579. PCT filed: 2008. (Change to inventors processed at USPTO.)

§  Neschadim, A. USA 62/134,634 - Antibody-drug conjugates for the treatment of cancer targeted at Intracellular tumor-associated antigens - PCT/CA2016/050307. PCT filed: 2015.


Invited Presentations

 


§  Neschadim, A. Overcoming Tumor Heterogeneity in Cancer Therapies, Immuno-Oncology Summit, Cambridge Healthtech Institute. Boston, MA. 2019. Oral Presentation.

§  Neschadim, A. Overcoming Cancer Heterogeneity with Tumor Microenvironment-Targeted Antibody-Drug Conjugates: IMB-212 Program, The Essential Protein Engineering and Cell Therapy Summit (PEGS). Boston, MA. 2019. Oral Presentation.

§  Neschadim, A. The Experience of Innovative Companies on the International Scene: Challenges and Opportunities, International Innovation Conference 2014, CERBA. Panelist.

§  Neschadim, A., Medin, J.A. Cell Fate Control Gene Therapy for Applications in Cancer and Immune Disorders. 2011, International Forum on Cell Biotherapy. Chengdu, SC, China. Oral Presentation.

§  Neschadim. A. Regulatory Oversight of Gene Therapy Clinical Trials: FDA Experience. Fuda Cancer Hospital, Jinan University School of Medicine. Guangzhou, GD, China. 2011. Oral Presentation.

§  Neschadim. A. Gene Therapy of Monogenic Disorders with Lentiviral Vectors (LVs). Fuda Cancer Hospital, Jinan University School of Medicine. Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. 2011. Oral Presentation.

§  Neschadim, A., Lavie, A., Sato, T., Fowler, D.H., Ponomarev, V., Medin, J.A. Next-Generation Lentiviral Cell Fate Control Gene Therapy Based on Engineered Variants of Human Deoxycytidine Kinase. American Society of Gene Therapy 13th Annual Meeting 2010. Oral Presentation.

§  Neschadim, A., Lavie, A., Sato, T., Fowler, D.H., Ponomarev, V., Medin, J.A. Next-Generation Lentiviral Cell Fate Control Gene Therapy based on Engineered Human deoxyCytidine Kinase. James Lepock Memorial Student Symposium, Department of Medical Biophysics, UofT, 2010. Oral Presentation.

§  Neschadim, A., How to Enunciate the Importance of Research Funding to the General Populace and the Government. Geneva Park Retreat, Department of Medical Biophysics, UofT, 2009. Seminar.


 

Awards, Honors, Grants and Scholarships

 


§  Rotman Dean’s List, Bregman Scholar – 2016, 2017

§  Rotman Scholar, University of Toronto – 2016

§  Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Rotman School of Management, UofT – 2016

§  CIHR Science to Business Scholarship, 2014 2016

§  Rotman Admissions Scholarship, 2014

§  MITACS – Enterprise Award, 2013

§  Ontario Centres of Excellence – First Job Award, 2011

§  BioTalent Canada – Career Focus Award, 2011

§  CIHR Graduate Scholarship, Training Program in Regenerative Medicine Award, 2005 – 2008, 2010

§  UofT SGS, Doctoral Thesis Completion Award, 2010

§  ASGCT, 13th Annual Meeting, Travel Award, 2010

§  Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Cancer Research, OSOTF, 2006 – 2010

§  McCuaig-Throop Bursary, School of Grad. Studies, 2009

§  University of Toronto Open Fellowships, 2002 – 2008

§  Presentation Award, Day in Transplantation and Immunology, MOT Program, TGH, UHN, 2008

§  Best Poster, Langdon Hall Gene Therapy Meeting, 2006

§  Travel Award, XVI International AIDS Conference, 2006

§  Reuben Wells Leonard Scholarship in Physics, 2002

§  Robert and Jean Hadgraft Scholarship in Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 2002

§  OSOTF (Richard Ivey Foundation) Summer Research Award, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 2001

§  William Robert Luscombe Bursary, UofT, 2001

§  Dr. James A. & Connie P. Dickson Scholarship in the Sciences and Mathematics, University of Toronto, 2000

§  University of Toronto Dean's List, 2000, 2001