Paragon Bioservices Work Values

Daily Duties at Paragon Bioservices:

Managed day – to – day operation for the lab. Trained co- workers. Coordinated project activities and scheduling. Developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) and batch records. Provided technical support to internal and external clients. Data analysis and presentation to clients Propagation and identification of bacteriophage, as well as preparation of master and working cell banks. Actively engaged in process and product development of biological products, that included: media screening, scale up optimization up to 200L, optimization of harvesting methods. Optimized and validated bacteriophage titration

What they like about Paragon Bioservices:

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Tags

Minneapolis, MN, fermentation, Microbiology, process development, virology, cell culture, bacteriophage, antimicrobial agents, bacterial fermentation

Skills

 Operation of small (1 – 5L) and large scale (up to 100L) bioreactors.,  Operation batch and fed – batch bioreactors,  Membrane filtration: tangential flow filtration (TFF), capsule filtration,  GMP/GDP trained,  Biochemical analysis: Nova BioProfile analyzer, YSI 7100 and 2700 Systems,  Media preparation, aseptic technique, isolation of pathogens, PCR, RT- PCR, isolation and purification of DNA and RNA, plasmid isolation,  Primer design,  UV – visible spectrophotometry: Varian Cary 50 system, Thermo Scientific NanoDrop 2000,  Microscopy: brightfield and fluorescent,  Various techniques for staining of microorganisms such as Live/Dead BacLight Bacterial Viability Assay, CTC, DAPI, acridine orange

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