Ahd Hamidi: improving access to vaccine production capacity

摘要

GH: You describe yourself as a bioprocesstechnologist. Can you explain what that is?AH: Someone who works on thedesign and development of equipmentand processes used to produce differentproducts from biological materials. Inmy case, vaccines.GH: How did you get into that field?AH: I studied chemical engineering at the Technical University in Delft,and at the time the degree included alife sciences component. That’s whereI first started taking an interest in theimmune system and antigen response.I did a master’s degree in industrialmicrobiology, focusing on antigen production, which is an upstream part ofthe development process. I then did asecond master's, known as a professionaldoctorate in engineering, focusing onantigen purification, which is a part ofthe downstream process. So, everythingcame together in my studies, leadingeventually to my focus on vaccines.