THE CELL CULTURE DISH - Key Persons
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- Director at Cytiva ( Formerly GE )
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- Professor of Biology at Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester
Alan describes himself as a molecular cell biologist who thinks of cells as factories that can be used to manufacture life-changing medicines, including protein-based biopharmaceuticals, viral vectors and modified cells. Working with industrial and academic collaborators, he has developed key advances towards the understanding of how apoptosis, quality control mechanisms and genome localisation of recombinant genes can influence the efficiency of CHO cell systems. His laboratory were very early adopters of the application of ‘omics approaches to provide molecular profiling of CHO cells and how such information could be used to direct cell engineering towards improved manufacturing processes. Alan's contribution to the sector was recognised by the award of the Peter Dunnill award in 2017. In addition to his research, Alan teaches at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level and has held several senior administrative roles at the University of Manchester.
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- Head of Laboratory Functional Chemistry at MilliporeSigma
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- Project Leader at Eppendorf
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- Product Manager for Viral Applications at Univercells
- Product Manager, Viral Applications
Dr. Alex Chatel is the Product Manager for viral applications at Univercells, working on the development of their fixed-bed bioreactors technology and integrated DSP platform. Prior to this, he has held positions as an Enterprise Fellow and in technology transfer at University College London and as a Research Engineer at GlaxoSmithKline in Stevenage, UK. Dr. Chatel earned his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from University College London, UK and his MEng in Chemical Engineering from The University of Manchester, UK.
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- Head of R & D, Advanced Cell Culture Technologies at Merck
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- Head of Expression Systems, Licensing at Lonza
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- Senior Manager of Science and Applications at Nucleus Biologics
Dr. Alyssa Master has ten years of laboratory research experience including five years as a lab manager prior to joining Nucleus Biologics. As a biomaterials engineer, her area of expertise is in the field of nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery, particularly for the delivery of cancer therapeutics. In graduate school, Alyssa was the recipient of both the Medtronic Fellowship and the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship. During these fellowships, Alyssa developed a novel targeted drug delivery platform for intravenous delivery of photodynamic therapy agents. Following graduate school, Alyssa completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy. Alyssa has a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
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- Regulatory Affairs Manager at Merck
Dr. Hertzig received his Diploma in Microbiology and Doctorate in Virology. Prior to joining to joining Merck in 2011, he worked for Sigma-Aldrich from 2008-2011 as biological Trade Compliance Specialist.
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- Global Product Manager, Supplements and Manufacturing Aids at Merck
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- Director of BD at Cell Culture Company
Erin joined Biovest in September 2015. She previously served as Sales Engineer for DCI-Biolafitte, which specializes in bioreactor manufacturing, and as a Manufacturing Process Engineer at Verenium Corporation. Erin holds an M.S. in Bioengineering from the University of California in San Diego and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University.
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- Director Marketing Channels and Communications at Lonza
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- Business Development Manager for Cell and Viral Therapy Services at Lonza
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- Senior Product Manager, Clonetics™ Primary Cells and RAFT™ 3D Cell Culture System at Lonza
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- Product Manager for IncuCyte at Sartorius
Paul Jantzen is Product Manager for IncuCyte at Sartorius. Paul joined the IncuCyte team in 2019, and has worked in the world of imaging microscopy since 2003. Paul obtained his MS in Medical Sciences from the Pharmacology Department at the University of South Florida, and currently lives outside of Cleveland, Ohio.
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- Senior R & D Scientist and Neuroscience Program Leader, BioAnalytics, at Sartorius
Susana is currently a Senior R&D Scientist and Neuroscience Program leader within the Applications unit of BioAnalytics at Sartorius AG. She is a highly experienced neurobiologist with over 15 years of experience in large pharma drug discovery (GSK), biotech (Essen BioScience) and start-up (Proximagen) R&D settings. Trained initially as a Biochemist & Microbiologist, Susana's early work focused on translational research models and cellular signalling pathways in neurodegeneration and dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease. Within the Sartorius neuroscience team, more recently she has developed and validated a wide range of advanced cell assays for neuroscience to extend the suite of applications of live-cell analysis.