Esther Lo

Experience

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  Cangene Corp.

  May 1996 - Oct 2007

  Project Coordinator / Research Tech

  Planned and organized contract R&D projects for several government grants from CRTI (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Research and Technology Initiative) and NIH (National Institutes of Health) from proposal stage to completion. Responsibilities included communicating and providing quarterly reports to partners.Experimental design of several recombinant proteins from cloning strategies to purified product and tech transfer along with supervision of several university co-op students. Responsibilities included working in a GLP/GMP environment, member of Health and Safety and the training of students. Show less

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  The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences - Charles Sturt University

  Jun 2000 - Jun 2007

  Lab Demonstrator

  Assisted in the design and preparation of lab experiments, instruction and evaluation in a B.Sc. accredited four-day lab course.Instructed and demonstrated current lab methods in Protein Fermentation, Molecular Biology Techniques and Biotechnology courses while reinforcing the importance of GLP and safety.

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  Pall Life Sciences

  Jan 2008 - Oct 2011

  Applications Specialist

  Planned and assisted Biopharm projects with Canadian companies. Responsibilities included customer service, process troubleshooting (filterability studies), instrument calibration, repair and validation, design single-use disposable systems, maintenance of databases, project initiation, quote issuing, Project Occurrence Reporting (POR).

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  PlantForm Corporation

  Jan 2013 - now

  Project Manager

  Overseeing project life-cycles by managing all daily project management activities, including project schedule development, project budget, team leadership, resolving conflicts, motivating the participants, intra-division liaison, project communication, prioritizing tasks, managing change, staffing activities, status reporting, and resource plan development.Help define the goals and objectives of the project, determine project plan, execute the project, identifying and tracking critical path/activities, risks, contingencies and alternatives. Supervises and mentors team members and ensures team members understand project objectives, specifications, deliverable, timelines and tasks. Other responsibilities include determining study milestones, recording meeting minutes, tracking action items, preparing meeting agendas, coordinating global and sub-team activities, and disseminating project information.Collaborating with scientists, research sponsors, contractors, and other stakeholders.The collection of project plan updates, maintenance or modification of project plan documentation and the preparation/distribution of project status reports while establishing standards for project reporting and documentation. Show less