THE DEVELOPER I LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY Lene Odgaard Kamstrup is a laboratory technologist with the Danish-American company CMC Biologics A/S, CMC, in Søborg. The biotechnology company is a customer-based company. This means that they have many different customers which they undertake development for, e.g. purification processes which afterwards are transferred to the production. THE DEVELOPER At CMC we work with developing biopharmaceutical production processes together with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) of bio pharmaceutical proteins in clinical trials as well as marketing. As we are a contract manufacturing organization a high level of service in relation to our clients takes pride of place, relates Lene Odgaard Kanstrup. Sometimes a customer has developed a process which has to be transferred to CMC's production. Our role in my department is to find out whether the process can be wholly transferred to our production, or whether there are some things which have to be modified a little. We have also customers where we have to develop the process from scratch. The process is then placed into our production on a large scale, so the customer gets a completely purified product, explains Lene Odgaard Kanstrup. Independent work Lene's work is very independent, and for the most part she plans her working day. If the company receives a completely new product, which has to be purified and the customer has not got a process, then Lene Odgaard Kanstrup starts by testing different purification resins. It can be those which the company usually uses, but sometimes she tests completely new resins to see whether they can be used. It can be different buffer systems which are tested and used in the purification. Sometimes we run TFF membrane filtration and reconcentration, where we test pressure, speed and use different buffer systems so we 16 can see how the buffer system matches this product and the purity of the product. There is a lot of laboratory work in what I do and the more experience and knowledge you have, the further into the process you can progress. If I want to I can come with an initial draft and ideas. It is truely interesting, but takes place in collaboration with others, says Lene Odgaard Kanstrup. In her work the emphasis is on practicality. What she amongst other things likes is that the more theoretical knowledge and background insight she has, the more influence she has on her work. Lene has a diploma degree as well Lene completed her education 20 years ago and has also a diploma degree specializing in biotechnology at the University of Southern Denmark. During the 20 years I have gained experience as well as knowledge. I am in possession of quite ordinary inquisitiveness and interest. On this basis it has not been necessary for me to obtain a diploma degree to realize myself. But it has given me greater self-confidence to be able to show that I could get a degree along with full-time work and having small children. With a diploma degree in my back pocket I feel I can give myself more professional challenges. I moved from Novozymes A/S to CMC Biologics A/S which is a smaller workplace. It might well be that it is easier to be able to try things out in a smaller workplace than in a larger one. This degree is a good tool box to have. With it I know more about in which databases I can find knowledge. And consequently, there are several things at work which I, as a developer, can do automatically. It is quite natural for me to use what I have learnt in my work, says Lene Odgaard Kanstrup. She thinks her job is important for her because she is well able to progress in her present position. I feel as though I learn something new every day I go to work. That is what I like, she says. n I'm equipped with quite a bit of curiosity 17 MEET 9 SPECIALISTS WHO ARE CREATING THE FUTURE THE DEV ELOPER THE IT SUPER USER DITOR THE QUALITY AU THE TECHNOLOGIST THE COORDINATOR THE LOGISTICIA N THE ANALYST THE TRAINER LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST EDUCATION THE WORLD CITIZEN CONTENTS A PROFESSION UNDERGOING CHANGE In Dansk Laborant-Forening/HK (DL-F) we know that our profession contains a vast number of exciting job opportunities. 03 Preface: A profession undergoing change 04 The Analyst: Guarantor for consumer safety 06 The Quality Auditor: Ensures that quality THE ANALYST ANALYTIKEREN 1 GUARANTOR GARANT FOR FOR CONSUMER SIKKERHED FORBRUGERNES SAFETY THE ANALYST Eva Jørgensen has been a laboratory technologist since 1989 and has worked at the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration's laboratory in Ringsted since 2006. At that time, she was, together w THE QUALITY AUDITOR ANALYTIKEREN 1 ENSURES THAT GARANT FOR QUALITY IS OF THE FORBRUGERNES SIKKERHED HIGHEST ORDER DITOR THE QUALITY AU When laboratory technologist, Susanne Jeppe sen, is doing her job at Novo Nordisk A/S in Bagsværd it is done for the most part at a desk and in front of a compute IT SUPER USER BRIDGE-BUILDER BETWEEN RESEARCH AND IT DEVELOPMENT Since Mads Molich completed his education as a laboratory technologist in 2006, he has for the most part not had two working days that are the same. Today he works at Novozymes A/S in Bagsværd as a scientific laboratory technologist o THE COORDINATOR FLAIR FOR ORGANISING AND GATHERING KNOWLEDGE THE COORDINATOR As a working environment and emergency and security coordinator Henriette Lerche no longer works in the laboratory. Her workplace is the long corridors and offices at the Niels Bohr Institute at Copenhagen University on THE LOGISTICIAN SAY WHAT YOU NEED AND I'LL GET HOLD OF IT Laboratory technologist Heidi Irming is a buyer at DTU Biosustain, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (CFB) in Hørsholm. She has recently been extremely busy in connection with the moving of DTU Biosustain to a completely THE TRAINER ANALYTIKEREN 1 THE LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST TEACHES THE DOCTORS OF THE FUTURE Thousands of young medical students have over the years become acquainted with Helle Dyhrfjeld Jensen's professional guidance in the laboratories of the Panum Institute in Copenhagen. Helle is employed as a pr THE DEVELOPER I LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY Lene Odgaard Kamstrup is a laboratory technologist with the Danish-American company CMC Biologics A/S, CMC, in Søborg. The biotechnology company is a customer-based company. This means that they have many different customers which they undertake develop THE TECHNOLOGIST FROM ALARM CLOCKS TO ROBOTS Inge Lise Stripp Petersen has always enjoyed technology, IT and programming. Since she was little she has taken everything apart from alarm clocks to sewing machines. Today she is a laboratory technologist at Novo Nordisk A/S in the API Bio Analysis depa THE WORLD CITIZEN I participate in weekly Skype meetings with the Indian and Polish development departments ALL-ROUND JOB WITH AN INTER NATIONAL PROFILE Weekly Skype meetings with Indian engineers, visits to factories in Germany, France and India, courses in England and meetings with Japanese cust WORTH KNOWING ABOUT THE GENERAL EDUCATION SYSTEM WORTH KNOWING ABOUT FURTHER EDUCATION & TRAINING In Dansk Laborant-Forening/HK(DL-F) we are working on creating a transparent way through the education system. It can be in relation to mem bers, employers as well as the political system. In Dansk L ABOUT DANSK LABORANTFORENING/HK (DL-F) Dansk Laborant-Forening/HK (DL-F) is a cross-union association in HK. We organize approx. 10,000 members whose primary educational background is laboratory assistant, laboratory technologist, environmental engineer or environmental technologist; they are employ