Research Associate at InSphero in Schlieren (Zurich), Switzerland
Part of the Technologies & Platforms team
Main responsibilities:
Experimental planning, execution and data analysis of internal R&D and customer projects
Technical customer support (on-site & remote)
Presentation of results and technologies to co-workers, industrial partners and at conferences
Development and establishment of new assays, methods and micro-physiological 3D organ-on-a-chip models
Implementation of lab automation and optimization of workflows
Writing & maintaining scripts for robotic systems and templates for data processing
Training and supervision of interns, new employees and colleagues
2018 – 2020
Research Associate at InSphero in Schlieren (Zurich), Switzerland
Part of the Bioproduction team
Main responsibilities:
Production of Microtissues from primary human cells following GLP
Quality control of products for release to customers
Validation of cell lots, protocols and raw materials for production
Support of R&D and external customer projects
Maintenance of IT-infrastructure in cooperation with external support company
Development of templates and scripts to improve efficiency and automate recurring tasks
2017
Master Thesis Internship at Mimetas in Leiden, the Netherlands
Main fields of work:
3D cell culture in the OrganoPlate®, a microfluidic organ-on-a-chip platform
Toxicity studies using a kidney-on-a-chip organ model
Implementation, evaluation and protocol development for various cell based assays (including epithelial barrier integrity assays, viability assays and RT-qPCR mRNA analysis)
Phase contrast, confocal and fluorescent based imaging
Including various lab courses and internships in research groups of ETH Zurich
Further Skills
Information Technologies
Comprehensive knowledge of statistics and graphing software (R, GraphPad Prism), LaTeX, Microsoft Windows and Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), project management tools and programming languages (R, Python).
