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Cell-based bioassays are expected by health agencies as one of the release specification methods for potency assessments in the drug development process. We take a closer look at the inherent complexities that come with developing these assays under GMP, and ways they can be overcome.
We strive to foster an environment where our team members can continually grow within their role and within the company – not only upwards, but also into positions they come to find most suited to their unique skills and interests. In this Team Q&A session, we talk to Tatjana Ackermann, Quality Assurance Auditor, about her career path at BioAgilytix since starting in our European lab five years ago.
The first in-human in vivo clinical trial using CRISPR-Cas9 is now open for enrollment; we take a closer look at this genome editing technology to understand its promising benefits as well as the potential challenges of anti-Cas9 immunity.
In our latest Team Q&A, we talk to Janett Schwarz, Principal Investigator at BioAgilytix’s European headquarters, about how her role has evolved since joining our team – including how she came to be our resident expert on IgE antibody testing on the ImmunoCAP platform.
We're looking forward to participating in several upcoming bioanalytical conferences and events this fall, ranging from small-circle workshops to global, world-renowned industry forums.
Many great questions were asked by our audience during Dr. Afshin Safavi’s recent webinar on exploratory biomarker testing. We've compiled his answers those he didn’t have time to address during the live session.
In this Q&A session we talk with Eric Nesbit, Bioanalytical Project Manager/Scientist III at BioAgilytix, to learn more about what led him to leave his hometown of Maine for our headquarters in North Carolina, and why he recruited his sister to join our team as well.
Did you know that BioAgilytix’s ‘deep bench’ extends beyond those we have working in the lab? Many individuals in our operational departments, from business development to QC, are also formally trained scientists with extensive in-lab experience. One such team member is Jelle Hempenius, who recently joined BioAgilytix as Business Development Director, Europe.
Biomarkers are endogenous molecules with much individual variability, and there is still not yet one clear and concise guidance for biomarker validation – so there are still questions around what it takes to sufficiently validate the performance characteristics of a biomarker assay to ensure it can properly establish the value of the target biomarker as a qualified DDT.