Bioprocessing Breakthroughs and Solutions that Work

David has several years of industrial experience in downstream process development and technology transfer. He provides technical expertise in mAb and viral vector processes and has worked with a wide variety of unit operations and analytical techniques using both univariate and a range of multivariate tools, including DoE, and Simplex to solve complex problems.

Tony has over 30 years of experience in the large-scale manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. As a founding staff member of Cobra Tony has been responsible for the development of much of Cobra’s manufacturing technologies in the field of DNA and virus production. He has held a number of senior roles, managing both manufacturing and development functions within the company, working on over 40 programmes for the development of novel therapeutic products including protein, recombinant virus, bacteriophage and plasmid DNA products. His current role is based in the commercial group supporting external collaboration and outreach activities.

Additionally, Tony is currently a member of the steering committee of BioProNET, the BIA Science and Innovation Advisory Committee (SIAC), and serves on EPSRC, BBSRC and Vinnova review panels. He was also named in the Medicine Makers 2019 Power list as one of the industries’ top influencers. He has also served as a member of the BBSRC BSI (Biosciences for industry panel), the steering committee of the UK Bioprocess Research Industry Club (BRIC), the scientific advisory of the Pharmaceutical Centre for Excellence (COEBP) at the University of Manchester, the Executive Board of the European Federation of Biotechnology and the industrial advisory board for the Astbury Centre at the University of Leeds.

Kerstin obtained her Diploma and Ph.D. degree in Biochemical Engineering from the TU Dortmund University in Germany. She joined Alvotech in 2017 and has been actively contributing to the development of new upstream processes. Kerstin is the team leader in the Process Technology group, where she focusses on the investigation of innovative processes, process intensification, and process optimization.

Before joining Repligen in 2015, Christine Gebski was Head of the POROS® Business Unit within the Bioproduction Division of Applied Biosystems/LIFE Technologies/Thermo Fisher Scientific, working with purification products, including POROS® and CaptureSelect® chromatography resins.  She managed Global Process Chromatography Applications for ten years, developing collateral and providing technical support, supporting new product development and manufacturing process improvement efforts. She also managed R&D, developing and commercializing three new chromatography resins. Before joining LIFE Technologies, Ms. Gebski was a Process Development Scientist for 15 years in the biotechnology industry, with roles in both development and engineering functions, including developing, scaling, transferring and validating downstream purification processes. She received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Vermont and a M.S. in Biotechnology from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

Laura did her undergraduate at the University of Glasgow and stayed on to complete her Ph.D. there with a focus on the purification of membrane proteins. She then left Academia behind to work for Alvotech in the Downstream Processing Development department in 2017. Laura is a senior scientist with a focus on initial DSP development and continuous bioprocessing.

Thijs holds a Master of Science degree in Life Science and Technology, with a specialization in biotechnology and process engineering, from the Technical University Delft and University Leiden. He is currently the Field Applications Scientist and product support specialist for Repligen TFF products for the European region. His main focus is finding the best filtration solutions for customers by advising both customers and the sales team as well as by performing feasibility, optimization and scale-up trials at customer sites. 

Larry Russo is the Director of Global Sales, SoloVPE® involved with the worldwide implementation of the SoloVPE® variable pathlength UV technology over the last ~10 years. His role has included sales, application, service and development support activities for the solution. He has been with C Technologies, a Repligen Company, for over 15 years and has a MS in Engineering from Rutgers University.