Specifications don’t tell the whole story: how to choose GMP process and QC equipment

Mary Kay Bates is a Senior Global Cell Culture Scientist with Thermo Fisher Scientific, where she provides cell culture and equipment expertise to colleagues and customers across laboratory and cleanroom settings. Her knowledge is based on 20 years of experience in academic and industrial cell and molecular biology labs, focusing on cancer and gene therapy. Mary Kay holds an M.S. in microbiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has authored numerous publications.

Wilfredo Marin is a Senior Product Application Specialist with Thermo Fisher Scientific, where he provides biobanking and cryopreservation expertise to colleagues and customers. Wilfredo's work is centered around creating innovative workflow solutions that utilize high-quality biospecimens at the highest levels of investigation. During his previous 15 years in academic research laboratories, he’s contributed to projects investigating sleep neuroanatomy, genome editing in animal models, cancer stem cells. He has also managed a pediatric rare-disease biobank. He’s authored several publications and enjoys volunteering for important biobanking committees. Wilfredo holds a BA and MS in biological sciences from Stanford University.

Kindra Whitlatch is a Product Applications Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific, with over 15 years of experience in laboratory equipment usage and selection. Kindra specializes in the use of equipment in the life science laboratory, including environmental chambers, microbiological incubators, and orbital shakers. Currently, she is responsible for training and supporting colleagues and customers in the appropriate use of laboratory equipment in a variety of lab spaces. She holds an MS in Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a BS in Chemistry from West Virginia Wesleyan College.