Pushkar Saralkar

Senior Scientist - Drug Product Design & Development Pfizer

Company: Pfizer

Job title: Senior Scientist

Bio:

Pushkar has a background in drug delivery and formulation development. He is a Senior Scientist at Pfizer within the BioTherapeutics Pharmaceutical Research & Development organization, in Andover, MA working on research and development in the mRNA-LNP vaccine programs. Prior to joining Pfizer, Pushkar completed his graduate research at West Virginia University focusing on delivery of a small molecule drug for cerebral tissue rescue following ischemic stroke and understanding blood brain barrier drug delivery and pharmacokinetics.

Seminars

Wednesday 19th November 2025
Enhancing LNP Morphology & Potency by Leveraging Cryo-EM to Improve LNP Delivery Performance
9:00 am
  • Finding a biological conclusion from Cryo-EM images to link them to LNP performance
  • Combining Cryo-EM with orthogonal approaches such as XRD to predict LNP efficacy
  • Uncovering how to interpret Cryo-EM images to correlate LNP formulation with morphology, potency and delivery

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Pushkar Saralkar Senior Scientist - Drug Product Design & Development Pfizer