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Previous BTEC Seminar Series
BTEC 2022–23 Seminar Series
Jan. 27, 2023
Digital Twin for Capacity Analysis
Christopher Wimmer
Process Systems Engineer,
Novo Nordisk
Feb. 10, 2023
Supplying mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine at Unprecedented Pace and Scale
Asif Ansari Ph.D.
Director, Technical Portfolio Lead-Vaccines, Pfizer
Feb. 24, 2023
Industrial Modular and Mobile Automation for a Bio Facility of the Future
Rainer Spies
Vice President,
SpiraTec Solutions Inc. (US),
SpiraTec AG
Michael Henter
Vice President,
SpiraTec Group for Industrial IT,
SpiraTec AG
Mar. 24, 2023
Talking Trash—Finding Innovative Solutions for Today's Biotech Waste Issues
Stefan P. Wawzyniecki
President/CEO,
Sustainable Waste Solutions, L.L.C.
Apr. 7, 2023
What I've Learned...Ventures into Process Analytic Technologies from the Biosensing and Bioelectronics Perspective
Michael Daniele, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & University Faculty Scholar,
Department of ECE & Joint Department of BME at NCSU & UNC-Chapel Hill
Sept. 9, 2022
MaruX™: A Continuous Process Platform for Manufacturing Monoclonal Antibodies
Charles Heise, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist, Bioprocessing Strategy and Development Group, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
Sept. 16, 2022
3D Imaging of Chromatography Columns to Relate Bioprocess Structure to Function and Performance
Thomas Johnson, Ph.D.
Pall Centre of Excellence, University College London
Sept. 23, 2022
Structurally Complex Carbohydrates Determine the Dynamic Assembly of Metabolically Cohesive Consortia
José M Bruno-Bárcena, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology,
Dept. of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University
Nov. 4, 2022
Unlocking the Power of mRNA Through Innovation
Charles Jones, Ph.D.
Senior Director, mRNA Commercial Strategy and Innovation, Pfizer
Nov. 18, 2022
Using Cellular Agriculture to Sustainably Produce Complex Proteins
Rob Schutte, Ph.D.
Head of Science, Jellatech
BTEC 2021–22 Seminar Series
Jan. 28, 2022
Biomimetic Approaches for Viral Diagnostics
Ronit Freeman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Physical Sciences UNC-Chapel Hill
Feb. 25, 2022
Establishing Saccharomyces boulardii as an in-gut biomanufacturing platform
Nathan Crook, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NC State University
Mar. 11, 2022
The Role of Bioanalysis in Drug Development
Amanda L. Hays, Ph.D.
Scientific Officer, BioAgilytix
Mar. 25, 2022
Our Path to Serving Patients
Dave Stewart
Head of Drug Substance Manufacturing,
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
Sept. 10, 2021
Targeting the Disease at Its Source Using Engineering Principles
Neil Kumar, Ph.D.
CEO and Founder, BridgeBio
Sept. 24, 2021
Addressing Global Vaccine Manufacturing to Prepare for Future Disease Outbreaks
Matthew Downham, Ph.D.
Sustainable Manufacturing Lead, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
Oct. 8, 2021
Next-Generation Cell Therapies
Jasmine Edelstein, Ph.D.
Scientist, Be Biopharma
Oct. 22, 2021
Using Massively Parallel Sequencing to Guide Precision Cancer Medicine and Drive Therapeutic Discovery
Aaron Thorner, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Center for Cancer Genomics at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Nov. 5, 2021
HIV gp120 Vaccine: Building on Success
Paula Keith, Ph.D.
Founder, BioLogic Solutions, LLC
BTEC 2020–21 Seminar Series
April 23, 2021
Preparing for tomorrow’s pandemics today: Accelerating therapeutic development with preclinical models of coronavirus pathogenesis
Timothy Sheahan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
March 26, 2021
The key role of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) in vaccine technology development: an overview
Philippe-Alexandre Gilbert, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer CMC
Vaccine Development and Surveillance group
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Feb. 5, 2021
Digitally uplifting quality to advance product supply and create competitive advantage
Anthony Mire-Sluis, Ph.D.
Head of Global Quality,
AstraZeneca
Oct. 30, 2020
Mathematical modeling of bio-based processes – Towards digital twins
Krist Gernaey, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Denmark Technical University
Oct. 16, 2020
Real-time monitoring and control of lignocellulosic ethanol fermentation processes
Pau Lopez, Ph.D.
Process Data Analyst at Specshell ApS
Oct. 2, 2020
Drug and vaccine delivery using microneedle technology
Mark Prausnitz, Ph.D.
Regents Professor and J. Erskine Love, Jr. Chair in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech
Sep 25, 2020
Should we be grateful or worried about the pace of COVID-19 vaccine development?
Paul Evans, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Velocity Clinical Research
BTEC 2019–20 Seminar Series
Mar 6, 2020
crPhage: Novel Antimicrobials Based on CRISPR-Cas3
Kurt Selle, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist Group Lead, Locus Biosciences, Inc.
Mar 27, 2020
Maintaining Critical Vaccine Epitopes: Antibody Binding Profiles Guide Process Development (CANCELLED)
Seth Thomas, Ph.D.
Head of Process Development, The Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Apr 10, 2020
Enterprise-Control System Integration in BioPharma (CANCELLED)
Johangel Figueroa
Pharma IT Integration and Validation Consultant, Principal at PharmaCore, LLC
Apr 17, 2020
Drug and Vaccine Delivery Using Microneedle Technology (CANCELLED)
Mark Prausnitz, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech
Sept. 13, 2019
Analysis of Monoliths for Chromatography of Gene Therapy Vectors and Other Proteins
Michael Ladisch, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Purdue University
Sept. 27, 2019
Genome Editing: From Bench to Bedside
Daniel MacLeod, Ph.D.
Director of Cell Therapy Discovery, Precision BioSciences, Inc.
Oct. 18, 2019
Advanced Controls and Artificial Intelligence in Biopharma Manufacturing
Saly Romero-Torres, Ph.D.
Senior Manager of Advanced Data Analytics, Biogen; BTEC Teaching Fellow
Nov. 1, 2019
Engineering Viruses for Gene Therapy
Aravind Asokan, Ph.D.
Director of Gene Therapy, Duke University
Nov. 15, 2019
A New Paradigm for Quality Oversight in the Production of Biological Products
Juan Torres
Chief Quality Officer, Biogen
Nov. 22, 2019
Enhancing Protein Purification Processes with Thermal Unfolding and Affinity Determination
Dinorah Leyva, Ph.D.
Senior Scientific Advisor, NanoTemper
Dec. 6, 2019
Electronic Batch Records for Cell & Gene Therapy: Implementation and Regulatory Hurdles
Andy Whitehorne
Head of System Architecture, Werum IT Solutions