Kelsey Retting
Senior Business Development Manager QIMA Life Sciences
Dr. Kelsey Retting is a Senior Business Development Manager at QIMA Life Sciences with more than 15 years of experience in biotechnology and pharmaceutical R&D. She holds a PhD in Biological Chemistry from UCLA and has led drug discovery and in vitro pharmacology teams at leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as bioprinted skin and 3D tissue model development programs. At QIMA Life Sciences, she partners with dermatology drug developers to apply human-relevant skin models and ex vivo systems to generate translational data and de-risk discovery and preclinical programs.
Seminars
Thursday 5th November 2026
From Preclinical Models to Clinical Biomarkers: An Integrated Approach to Target Validation and Clinical Translation
10:30 am
- Translational case studies demonstrating how preclinical dermatology assays can support target validation, mechanism-of-action research, and candidate selection
- Advanced in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo models designed to generate clinically relevant evidence before clinical development
- Biomarker analysis in clinical samples to confirm biological activity, monitor treatment response, and strengthen clinical research outcomes
