• 05.1996 – 10.1996

    Analytical research in microbiology

    Werthenstein Chemie AG · Schachen LU

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    Temporary position in the analytical department of a research and development site belonging to the pharmaceutical group Schering-Plough. This is where the first database application of my own was created – the actual beginning of the path into data analysis.

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    Duties and responsibilities

    • Sampling of the water used in production as well as air and surface samples with regard to sterility
    • In-process control during the manufacture of active substances using chromatographic methods, predominantly HPLC
    • A wide range of partly very complex analyses across the entire analytics group

    Projects

    • Developed a Microsoft Excel based database for trend analysis of the microbiology measurements on water, rooms and personnel hygiene, with automated graphical evaluation through macro programming
    • Further developed an agarose gel electrophoresis method for separating DNA fragments within a biotechnological active-substance project

    Achievements

    • First database and analysis solution of my own with automated visualisation
    • Highlighted in the reference: tireless commitment, reliability, quick grasp and a very independent way of working

    Methods and tools

    • HPLC
    • Chromatografie
    • Agarose-Gel-Elektrophorese
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Makro-Programmierung