For decades, microbial fermentation has been used for the commercialization of biologics, with the fermentation of recombinant proteins such as insulin in stainless steel bioreactors as large as 100,000 L.[…]
20+ years at GSK, leading R&D activities on multiple vaccine programs
Recently held positions in industry include: Senior Director (Function Head), Protein Biochemistry; Director, Antigen Design & Prototype Production; and, Associate Director, Antigen Design and Protein Characterization.
Key areas of expertise are:
Process development of protein Biologics/Recombinant Antigens
Recombinant protein expression (mammalian, insect, yeast, bacterial)
Production/design of Viral Vectors, mRNA vaccines, Bacterial outer membrane vesicles
Protein Engineering and Structural Biology
Defining quality attributes, biophysical characterization of proteins, and analytical strategy
Post graduate degrees in Functional Genomics (Université Laval) and Bioinformatics (MIT); M. Sc. Microbiology and Immunology (Laval).