Downstream biomanufacturing technician vs biological science technician

Differences between downstream biomanufacturing technician and biological science technician duties and responsibilities

Downstream biomanufacturing technician example responsibilities.

• Assist in managing technical and regulatory site visits to the laboratory and interface with QA and RA on all vendor/regulatory audits.
• Participate in regulatory inspections and FDA tours.
• Perform homogenization and centrifugation procedures for specific projects.
• Work with coworkers and supervisor to effectively troubleshoot equipment and process issues.
• Assist senior level manufacturing technicians within a cGMP facility in the fermentation and harvest of proprietary biopharmaceuticals for purification and packaging.
• Participate in regulatory inspections and FDA tours.

Biological science technician example responsibilities.

• Create PowerPoint and other support media for presentation of research to PhD research leads.
• Assist in developing a genetic algorithm for generating sound recognition templates for insect calls (still ongoing).
• Develop an image viewer design to let researchers train programs so that they can see and label insect calls
• General laboratory work - collecting tissue sample, organization/preparation, plant seeds, greenhouse work, maintenance of plants, etc
• Train on FDA regulations for biological materials and regulating inventory.
• Prepare bacteria suspension for greenhouse cotton bolls and inject bacterial suspension bolls.
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