Culture Collection Manager

• Aug 2017 - Present

I am responsible for managing and maintaining the 4D Pharma Culture Collection. I provide scientific expertise in the isolation, identification and characterisation of novel human intestinal microbes, the production and quality checking of bacterial stocks, the accession of bacterial isolates to the Culture Collection, the maintenance of Culture Collection and cell banking databases, the selection of bacterial isolates for high-throughput screening and the coordination of strain requests from other departments. Show less

Research Technician

• Sep 2016 - Jul 2017

Microbiologist

• Jul 2013 - Jul 2016

Responsible for maintaining, acceding, processing and checking specified groups of organisms in the culture collections. Providing information necessary to update the culture collection database. Carrying out Quality Assurance activities in accordance with the relevant protocols and relevant QA procedure. Working with a commitment to the requirements of ISO 9001:2008 and GMP. Responsible for managing and organising my own workload.

Health and Safety Coordinator

• Jan 2015 - Jun 2016

Responsible for the coordination of all aspects of Health & Safety and reporting back to higher management. Duties include organising DSE Workstation Assessments, Risk Assessments, COSHH Assessments, Safe Systems of Work and Safe Operating Procedures. Responsible for the reporting and investigation of near misses and accidents, and recommending subsequent actions.

Delivery Operative

• Dec 2011 - Jun 2013

Responsible for sorting and delivering mail, including recorded, tracked and special delivery packages, both on foot and in a delivery van. Responsible for sorting and delivering mail, including recorded, tracked and special delivery packages, both on foot and in a delivery van.