Sample Management: Best Practice, Trends and Challenges

February 5-28, 2022

Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

Boston, MA, USA

Sample Management: Best Practice, Trends and Challenges

This course will focus on the traditional aspects of compound management (including how to maintain and measure the quality of compounds) as well as discuss the importance of biologics in drug discovery, biological reagents and best practices in biobanking and clinical sample management.

Who Should Attend?

Sample management professionals
Scientists new to sample management
Academic and independent lab scientists who have started screening
Managers and scientists who are broadening responsibility in biologicals

Course Benefits

Learn best practice and approaches in sample management in the areas of both small molecules and biologics.
Assess the shift in pharmaceutical modalities, biologics and cell and gene therapy that are taking more of a precedent in sample management.

Course Topics

Biologic and Small Molecule Sample Management
Biospecimens
Quality Management
Technology
Lean Six Sigma
Cold Chain

Instructors

Susan Crimmin
Glaxo SmithKline

Sue Crimmin, Ph.D., is the VP of Discovery Supply at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). She is a recognized industry expert in sample management and automation and has worked in areas of Automation, Sample Management, HTS and IT and has held several global roles within the company and most recently led the efforts to redesign sample logistics across GSK platforms. Sue holds a Ph.D. in Microbial Biochemistry and is a trained Lean Sigma facilitator.

Katheryn Shea
Azenta Life Sciences

Kathi Shea is the Biobank Business Lead at Brooks Life Science. She is a former President of the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) and an active member of several ISBER committees and working groups. Kathi served on the Advisory Working Group that developed the College of American Pathologists Biorepository Accreditation Program and is an active member of the CAP BAP Committee. She has over 20 years of experience leading biorepository programs and advising on the design of biorepositories, quality systems, and optimal methods for collection, preservation and annotation of biospecimen collections.

Rob Perkinson
Glaxo SmithKline

Rob Perkinson leads GSK’s Global Discovery Bioassets team located at their U.S. and U.K. R&D hubs. His team runs a centralized biorepository responsible for the creation, QC, tracking, storage, and global distribution of a wide variety of biologicals used throughout GSK and affiliate sites. These assets include cell lines, stem cells, plasmids, nucleic acids, proteins, peptides, viruses and strains.

Prior to GSK, Rob led core scientific service groups at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Centocor and Johnson & Johnson for over twenty years. He was drawn to GSK’s reputation for innovation & their unique focus on cryogenic automation & centralized asset management.

Rob holds a B.S. in Biochemistry and a MS in Cellular and Molecular Biology. He has authored 14 peer-reviewed publications while at Thomas Jefferson University, the University of Pennsylvania and Johnson and Johnson. Additionally, Rob holds two U.S. patents, is invited to speak at a variety of biologic and sample-management focused industry forums and is passionate to share his experience to STEM-related outreach programs for persons interested in pursuing careers in science.