A day in the QbD life of… Lieve, downstream process expert at eTheRNA immunotherapies
Time to invade another QbDer’s privacy! In her ‘Day in the QbD life of…’, Lieve De Wolf gives us a closer look into a typical day as QbD employee, filled with challenging work and a healthy dose of joy. Like what you read? Then make sure to send us your cv to join our amazing team.
Hi all!
My name is Lieve De Wolf, and I’ve been working as a pharmaceutical consultant for QbD since January 2018. After an interesting project at Alcon as a QA project engineer, QbD offered me a new adventure as a downstream process expert at eTheRNA immunotherapies NV, located in Niel. And I didn’t hesitate for a second. Keep on reading if you want to discover my daily activities.
6h00: Time to wake up and have breakfast, coffee and a hot shower. Mornings are always pleasant with this cutie pie by my side.
08h00: I have arrived at eTheRNA. And it looks like the Easter bunny didn’t forget me . I always start with an overview of the planned tasks and meetings. That way, I can efficiently plan out my day. As a downstream process expert I’m responsible for the implementation of the new mRNA API purification strategy into a GMP environment. Currently, I’m working on a cleaning strategy plan.
09h30: I’m attending a brainstorm meeting about the cleaning analytical method development strategy with my fellow Qbd’er Alan Van Goethem.
13h00: After a pleasant lunch in the sun, we’re meeting with our colleague Sarah to tackle the ordering strategies for the new project.
17h30: After a productive day, my ride to Antwerp has arrived. QBD’ers Sara De Baerdemaeker, Michiel Van Pee and I are spending the night at my twin sister’s apartment, which is located at ‘het Zuid’ in Antwerp, because we have long and exciting night ahead of us…
18h30: Wishing our boss Bart van Acker good luck before the start of the JCI event, which is organized at the Antwerp Management school. Bart has been nominated for the ‘Antwerp Young Entrepreneur’ award.
As a real family, Qbd is represented by sixty five supporters, all eager to hear the results of the election. During the reception, I’m also catching up with my eTheRNA colleague and fellow QbD’er Bart Verlinden. Time to toast to victory!
22h00: It’s been an interesting show. Bart Van Acker and the three other finalists, Alexander Van Laer (Poppy), Nick De Mey (Board of Innovation) and Martijn Joris (Twikit) were interviewed by moderator and famous journalist Xavier Taveirne. And the winner is… Bart! He is now officially the ‘Antwerp Young Entrepreneur’ of 2019!
22h30 – …h… In light of our ‘JOY’ value and ‘work hard, party harder’ motto, it’s time to celebrate at café Barbossa.
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- Lieve is our third colleague to write a ‘Day in the QbD life of…’. Check out the earlier editions by Imrane and Henrik.