Fran Jewitt
Assay Development Scientist at PolyTherics Limited- Claim this Profile
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Jeff Jerman
In the time that I had the pleasure to work with Fran I considered her to be a reliable and trustworthy scientist and colleague. Commensurate with her extensive experience Fran’s keen eye for detail and focus on quality were always evident. Similarly, having worked within a faced paced research environment, Fran had an intuitive understanding of the balance between delivering fit-for-purpose high quality reagents and the need to meet aggressive business timelines. In her capacity as a coordinator of a tissue culture facility Fran demonstrated her communicative nature, her ability to foresee and preempt issues before they arose and her personability when dealing with business partners. In effect Fran managed the output of a small team and in this she was very successful. I would welcome the opportunity to recommend Fran for similar positions and would consider her an asset to almost any team.
anne douglas
Fran has many years experience of cell culture. Fran has also shown to be confident in handling automation for the production of cell culture and screening. She is driven,focussed and task orientated. Fran is a good communicator, and in addition, is a pleasant and friendly person. Fran is a team player, and a sharp student.
Jeff Jerman
In the time that I had the pleasure to work with Fran I considered her to be a reliable and trustworthy scientist and colleague. Commensurate with her extensive experience Fran’s keen eye for detail and focus on quality were always evident. Similarly, having worked within a faced paced research environment, Fran had an intuitive understanding of the balance between delivering fit-for-purpose high quality reagents and the need to meet aggressive business timelines. In her capacity as a coordinator of a tissue culture facility Fran demonstrated her communicative nature, her ability to foresee and preempt issues before they arose and her personability when dealing with business partners. In effect Fran managed the output of a small team and in this she was very successful. I would welcome the opportunity to recommend Fran for similar positions and would consider her an asset to almost any team.
anne douglas
Fran has many years experience of cell culture. Fran has also shown to be confident in handling automation for the production of cell culture and screening. She is driven,focussed and task orientated. Fran is a good communicator, and in addition, is a pleasant and friendly person. Fran is a team player, and a sharp student.
Jeff Jerman
In the time that I had the pleasure to work with Fran I considered her to be a reliable and trustworthy scientist and colleague. Commensurate with her extensive experience Fran’s keen eye for detail and focus on quality were always evident. Similarly, having worked within a faced paced research environment, Fran had an intuitive understanding of the balance between delivering fit-for-purpose high quality reagents and the need to meet aggressive business timelines. In her capacity as a coordinator of a tissue culture facility Fran demonstrated her communicative nature, her ability to foresee and preempt issues before they arose and her personability when dealing with business partners. In effect Fran managed the output of a small team and in this she was very successful. I would welcome the opportunity to recommend Fran for similar positions and would consider her an asset to almost any team.
anne douglas
Fran has many years experience of cell culture. Fran has also shown to be confident in handling automation for the production of cell culture and screening. She is driven,focussed and task orientated. Fran is a good communicator, and in addition, is a pleasant and friendly person. Fran is a team player, and a sharp student.
Jeff Jerman
In the time that I had the pleasure to work with Fran I considered her to be a reliable and trustworthy scientist and colleague. Commensurate with her extensive experience Fran’s keen eye for detail and focus on quality were always evident. Similarly, having worked within a faced paced research environment, Fran had an intuitive understanding of the balance between delivering fit-for-purpose high quality reagents and the need to meet aggressive business timelines. In her capacity as a coordinator of a tissue culture facility Fran demonstrated her communicative nature, her ability to foresee and preempt issues before they arose and her personability when dealing with business partners. In effect Fran managed the output of a small team and in this she was very successful. I would welcome the opportunity to recommend Fran for similar positions and would consider her an asset to almost any team.
anne douglas
Fran has many years experience of cell culture. Fran has also shown to be confident in handling automation for the production of cell culture and screening. She is driven,focussed and task orientated. Fran is a good communicator, and in addition, is a pleasant and friendly person. Fran is a team player, and a sharp student.
Experience
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PolyTherics Limited, An Abzena Company
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United Kingdom
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Biotechnology Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assay Development Scientist
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Feb 2015 - Present
• Perform in vitro evaluation studies for both internal and external projects by testing various antibody/payload/linker structures on relevant positive and negative cell lines. • Ensure the evaluation is done in agreement with the required specifications. • Discuss obtained results (presentations at internal ADC meetings and reports as required). • Supporting cell culture Maintenance within Laboratory • Revision of SOP protocols to support amalgamation of two previous companies (Antitope and Polytherics ) Show less
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Fahy Gurteen UK Limited
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Cell Culture Specialist
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Feb 2013 - Feb 2015
Cell culture Laboratory supervisor Maintenance of the cell culture laboratory ie stocking and re ordering of consumables,reagents. Use of tissue culture model systems and cellular assays to characterize candidate biomarkers Mammalian and Hybridoma cell culture Monoclonal antibody production Cell culture Laboratory supervisor Maintenance of the cell culture laboratory ie stocking and re ordering of consumables,reagents. Use of tissue culture model systems and cellular assays to characterize candidate biomarkers Mammalian and Hybridoma cell culture Monoclonal antibody production
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Research cell culture scientist exploring options
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Jul 2012 - Feb 2013
Was taking advantage of this time to expand and read and experiment with my organic gardening,which is an ongoing interest. Additionally learnt new skills ,predominantly networking within the community,to support a friend setting up her business,and to increase my self confidence. These include network meetings to interact with people in similar circumstances. Was taking advantage of this time to expand and read and experiment with my organic gardening,which is an ongoing interest. Additionally learnt new skills ,predominantly networking within the community,to support a friend setting up her business,and to increase my self confidence. These include network meetings to interact with people in similar circumstances.
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MedImmune
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Scientist 11
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May 2011 - Jul 2012
• Operational day to day management of manual cell culture group • Provision of wide variety of primary cells and cell lines to Oncology, Respiratory and Neuroscience research groups, Including: – Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC) – Normal human bronchial epithelial cells (NHBE) – Maintained and developed relevant technical skills for the tissue culture lab. – Good working knowledge of all equipment in the laboratory – Assisted in cryopreservation of cell lines for cell banking, screening, immunisations and assay development – Complied with company and team policies and procedures. – Provided support for the cell culture automated system – SelecT Show less
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Genome Research Ltd
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Research Assistant
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Jan 2010 - Apr 2011
supporting the collaboration between the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Wellcome trust Sanger institute. Involved with Maintenance expansion and curation of the human cancer cell line collection of approximately 1200 cell lines. Extraction of DNA and RNA from cancer cell lines. High throughput cancer cell line profiling using Syto60 assay. supporting the collaboration between the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Wellcome trust Sanger institute. Involved with Maintenance expansion and curation of the human cancer cell line collection of approximately 1200 cell lines. Extraction of DNA and RNA from cancer cell lines. High throughput cancer cell line profiling using Syto60 assay.
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Wellcome Trust centre
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
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research assistant
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Oct 2009 - Dec 2009
Responsible for developing methodology for automated colony and single cell picking using a CellCelector robot Responsible for culture of embryonic and neural stem cells to support research Provide feedback and update to Aviso on progress Responsible for developing methodology for automated colony and single cell picking using a CellCelector robot Responsible for culture of embryonic and neural stem cells to support research Provide feedback and update to Aviso on progress
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GSK
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United Kingdom
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior research scientist
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Jan 2001 - Jan 2009
Harlow Scientist working within the screening and compound profiling department, in drug discovery Initially responsible for the operational activities of a tissue culture facility Involved with automation of cell culture and implementation of robotics i.e. SelecT to increase capacity and throughput Provided support for Immunoassay group, running and analysing TNF* and IFN* assays in primary cells Harlow Scientist working within the screening and compound profiling department, in drug discovery Initially responsible for the operational activities of a tissue culture facility Involved with automation of cell culture and implementation of robotics i.e. SelecT to increase capacity and throughput Provided support for Immunoassay group, running and analysing TNF* and IFN* assays in primary cells
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SmithKline Beecham
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Harlow essex
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Research scientist
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Jan 1990 - Jan 2001
Harlow Scientist Working within the Neuropharmacology, Psychiatry, Anti-Psychotic and Dopamine Antagonists programmes Extensive practical experience in range of Biochemical techniques including filtration binding, Radiolabel uptake, GTP*S Binding, cAMP assay and FLIPR Part of highly successful tissue culture team providing support to numerous programs Developed broad working knowledge in cell culture including tranfection, bacman and stable line generation. Harlow Scientist Working within the Neuropharmacology, Psychiatry, Anti-Psychotic and Dopamine Antagonists programmes Extensive practical experience in range of Biochemical techniques including filtration binding, Radiolabel uptake, GTP*S Binding, cAMP assay and FLIPR Part of highly successful tissue culture team providing support to numerous programs Developed broad working knowledge in cell culture including tranfection, bacman and stable line generation.
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Beecham Pharmaceuticals
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Harlow essex
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Junior research scientist
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Jan 1979 - Jan 1990
Scientist working within the Anti-Hypertension, Mood modifier, Anti-Depressant, and Anxiety programs Predominantly worked on in vivo pharmacology projects including conscious cat work, and various behavioural models, including mouse, rat and marmosets Gained expertise in filtration binding for Benzodiazepines and GABA Tissue bath preparations for Rabbit heart and mesenteric artery. Scientist working within the Anti-Hypertension, Mood modifier, Anti-Depressant, and Anxiety programs Predominantly worked on in vivo pharmacology projects including conscious cat work, and various behavioural models, including mouse, rat and marmosets Gained expertise in filtration binding for Benzodiazepines and GABA Tissue bath preparations for Rabbit heart and mesenteric artery.
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Education
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1981 - 1984
Hatfield Polytechnic
HNC, Applied Biology -
1981 - 1983
University of Hertfordshire
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1979 - 1981
East Herts College
ONC, Applied Biology -
University of London
BSc, Pharmacology -
University of London
BSc, Pharmacology -
East Herts College
ONC, Applied Biology -
Hatfield Polytechnic
HNC, Applied Biology
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