Joint Program in Biomedical Eng. at NC State University and University of NC at Chapel Hill

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Apptimize - a YC backed startup that provides a platform for mobile A/B Testing.
My role includes testing our visual apptimizer and programmatic testing platform.

Apptimize, Inc.

QA Tester

Development and scale up of antibody production in CHO culture in 1-, 5-, 10-, 50-L bioreactors.

Perseid Therapeutics

Process Development Engineer

Development and scale up of recombinant protein grown in mammalian cell culture from cryo vial, up the inoculum train to 3-L 50-L and 200-L bioreactors, followed by protein harvest.

Grifols Therapeutics, Inc

Process Scientist I - R&D

Project 1: Develop new product – cryopreservation of non-parenchymal liver cells, specifically Kupffer cells, by developing new growth conditions and media, and methods of isolation, separation and cryopreservation.
Project 2: Optimize isolation, cryopreservation and plateability of primary hepatocytes from mice, rat and human tissue.

Life Technologies

Scientist I

▪  Master's Candidate in the Joint departments of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-chapel hill) and North Carolina State University (NCSU).  
▪  Research and optimize the method of cyropreservation to provide a stable environment that minimizes freezing damage to hepatic stem cells, allowing successful cell proliferation and differentiation upon thaw.

Univ of NC at Chapel Hill and NC State Univ

Graduate Student

Managed activities and laboratory equipment for mammalian cell culture lab (CHO and mouse hybridoma cells) with focus on cell growth and protein production in 3-L, 7-L and 20-L bioreactor systems. Additionally, teaching assistant for undergraduate Biological Engineering Laboratory and Summer Profession Bioreactor and Bioprocessing courses.

Dr. Hamel Lab, Undergraduate Biological Chemical Engineering Lab, MIT

Lab Manager/Research Assistant

Synthetic biology:  BioBrick's are recombinant E.coli DNA parts containing promoters, terminators, markers, protein coding regions, etc. ligated together to create unique cells. Made, distributed and improved the process of making BioBrick parts for iGEM teams.

Gemma Mendel