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Filippo Galbo

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Experience, education, credentials, methods, and selected publications.

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Filippo D. Galbo

Filippo D. Galbo, CGMBS MB(ASCP)cm, is a clinical scientist and molecular technologist with experience spanning clinical genomics, molecular diagnostics, qPCR and RT-qPCR systems, hybridization-capture and amplicon NGS workflows, assay validation and verification, SOPs, technical documentation, operator training, and high-throughput testing. He is focused on scientific software, lab workflow automation, quality systems, local AI tools, and controlled human-in-the-loop tooling for regulated scientific environments.

2CGMBS / MB(ASCP)cm
5listed roles
2degrees
6research entries

Experience

Clinical laboratory and assay development roles

June 2023 - PresentAurora, Colorado

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center

Medical Technologist - Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratories

Federal clinical laboratory work across microbiology and molecular biology, with routine PCR diagnostics, women's health testing, serology, and Genexus-based DNA/RNA sequencing.

  • PCR diagnostics for CT/NG, C. diff, norovirus, trichomonas, MRSA, SARS-CoV-2, and related targets
  • Hologic Panther real-time qPCR workflows for BV, CV, TV, and high-risk HPV
  • Reflex serology and viral-load workflows spanning syphilis, HAV, HBV, HCV, and HIV
June 2022 - September 2022Aurora, Colorado

Elevation Diagnostics

Clinical Laboratory Scientist IV - Lead Research and Development Scientist

Validation-minded R&D leadership for high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 testing, workflow documentation, and cross-functional assay development support.

  • Wrote protocols, SOPs, and workflow documents for validation and verification across multiple laboratories
  • Supported saliva-based high-throughput diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2
  • Coordinated with research, regulatory, and quality teams around business and assay objectives
March 2021 - June 2022Aurora, Colorado

Summit Biolabs

Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist - R&D Lead, Liquid Biopsy Laboratory

Founding-stage CLIA startup work under pandemic pressure, combining assay development, team leadership, training, regulatory writing, and extraction-free high-throughput RT-qPCR systems.

  • Helped lead testing through the Delta and Omicron waves, supporting more than 500,000 Coloradans
  • Built one-step qPCR assays and methods for COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 variants, influenza A/B, and STI targets
  • Contributed to FDA EUA documentation, 510(k) support, robotics-enabled workflows, and zero-file-transfer cloud testing operations
June 2020 - March 2021Monticello, Illinois

Kirby Medical Center

Medical Technologist - Generalist, Department of Laboratory Services

Small-hospital generalist practice covering broad bench work, patient-facing testing logistics, rural COVID response, and independent workflow ownership.

  • Performed routine and STAT testing across blood bank, coagulation, hematology, point of care, urinalysis, chemistry, serology, molecular diagnostics, and microbiology
  • Created patient-care workflow for a community coronavirus testing program and independently operated a satellite collection/testing clinic
  • Handled phlebotomy, specimen processing, assay validation, technical documentation, and physician-facing communication in a rural hospital environment
October 2015 - June 2020Chicago, Illinois

University of Chicago Medicine

Molecular Genomics Technologist, Department of Genomic and Molecular Pathology

Clinical molecular pathology and genomics work centered on hybridization-capture and amplicon NGS, qPCR, assay development, manuscript support, and real molecular oncology operations.

  • Supported Illumina HiSeq, MiSeq, and NovaSeq clinical sequencing workflows in molecular oncology
  • Worked across conventional PCR, qPCR, Sanger sequencing, melt-curve analysis, capillary electrophoresis, genotyping, microarrays, and microdissection of FFPE tissue
  • Contributed to assay development, documentation, validation, manuscript writing, USCAP 2019 conference presentation work, SOPs, and technologist training
  • Served as Employee Engagement Officer for UCH Genomics / Genetics, supporting communication, morale, and team cohesion

Leadership

University of Chicago Medicine

  • Served as Employee Engagement Officer for UCH Genomics / Genetics.
  • Strengthened communication, morale, and team cohesion in a complex scientific organization.

Education

Degrees and clinical genomics training

2012-2015

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

B.S. in Biology, minor in Chemistry

Edwardsville, Illinois

2010-2012

Richland Community College

A.S. in Computer Science

Decatur, Illinois

Clinical training

University of Chicago Medicine

Clinical molecular genomics and sequencing workflows.

Methods

Laboratory and software systems

  • Molecular diagnostics
  • Clinical genomics
  • qPCR / RT-qPCR
  • Hybridization-capture NGS
  • Amplicon NGS
  • Sequencing workflows
  • Assay validation
  • Assay verification
  • High-throughput testing
  • Extraction-free workflows
  • SOP and training documents
  • Clinical laboratory informatics
  • Laboratory automation
  • AI-assisted systems
  • Clinical AI systems
  • Human-in-the-loop workflows
  • Quality systems
  • SOP modernization
  • Bioinformatics

Selected research

Publications and conference work

2024Journal article

Extraction-Free Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Nasal Swab and Saliva Samples on a Single High-Throughput Platform

Journal of Biotechnology and Biomedicine

A production-minded paper on extraction-free SARS-CoV-2 testing that consolidates nasal swab and saliva workflows onto a single high-throughput platform, emphasizing assay throughput, specimen flexibility, and practical deployment.

DOI: 10.26502/jbb.2642-91280144

2022Preprint

COVIDFast: A high-throughput and RNA extraction-free method for SARS-CoV-2 detection in swab or saliva

medRxiv

The preprint version of the COVIDFast workflow, documenting high-throughput extraction-free SARS-CoV-2 detection from swab and saliva and the practical assay architecture behind rapid clinical-scale deployment.

DOI: 10.1101/2021.12.29.21268527

2020Journal article

UTROSCT with extensive rhabdoid differentiation, malignant behavior, and ESR1-NCOA2 fusions

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

A rare-tumor surgical pathology paper describing aggressive UTROSCT cases with extensive rhabdoid differentiation and ESR1-NCOA2 fusions, linking histology with molecular findings in clinically meaningful detail.

DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001543

2019Poster

Validation of EDTA Decalcification for Clinical Molecular Next Generation Sequencing Studies

USCAP

Poster work centered on whether EDTA decalcification can preserve downstream performance for clinical molecular NGS, framed around validation discipline rather than idealized bench conditions.