Downstream biomanufacturing technician vs microbiology technician

Differences between downstream biomanufacturing technician and microbiology 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.

Microbiology technician example responsibilities.

• Job duties begin in a general microbiology/ infectious disease laboratory focuse on cultivating and managing infectious strains of microbes.
• Apply GMP and GLP documentation for all sample testing.
• Prepare culture media, perform culture media QC test, and maintain appropriate inventory, perform growth promotion testing and sterility.
• Quantify total aerobic plate count and total yeast and mold count.
• Keep records of all tests in database and keep entries of QA checks.
• Use of microscopes, autoclaves, carboys, manual and electric pipettes, etc.
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