Thomas Falkman

Current

• Senior Research Scientist at AstraZeneca R&D

Past

• Research Scientist at AstraZeneca R&D
• Associate Research Scientist at Pharmacia&Upjohn

Education

• Mälardalens högskola

Connections

44 connections

Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Websites

• My Company

Thomas Falkman’s Summary

Core competence:
Insect- and mammalian cell expression
Technical speciality:
Small-to-large scale cell culturing in bioreactors
Baculovirus Expression Vector System (BEVS)
Mammalian Transient Expression
Protein retention and separation

Thomas Falkman’s Specialties:

Bioengineering, bioprocessing, protein expression, collaboration

Thomas Falkman’s Experience

• Senior Research Scientist

  AstraZeneca R&D

  (Public Company; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  August 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Delivering proteins for HTS, assays and structural determination to all research areas within AstraZeneca. Improving actual techniques as well as implementing new ones to increase yield and project impact.

• Research Scientist

  AstraZeneca R&D

  (Public Company; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  January 2000 — August 2009 (9 years 8 months)

  I am involved in large-scale mammalian and insect cell culturing, large-scale microbial fermentation, cross-flow filtration, protein purification, process optimisation and technical improvements

• Associate Research Scientist

  Pharmacia&Upjohn

  (Pharmaceuticals industry)

  June 1999 — December 1999 (7 months)

  Responible for small-scale mammalian cell culturing. Setting up cell-based assays and cell banking. Basic molecular biology.

Thomas Falkman’s Education

• Mälardalens högskola

  M.Sc. , Chemical Engineering , 1995 — 1999

Additional Information

Thomas Falkman’s Websites:

• My Company

Thomas Falkman’s Interests:

Beside my great interest in science I enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking, surfing and bi-cycling in the summer time and cross-country skiing and snowboarding during the winter. Besides that I spend most of my time with my wife and two boys doing whatever we feel like doing.

Thomas Falkman’s Groups:

I am a member of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (Naturskyddsföreningen).

Thomas Falkman’s Honors:

I was honored by the AstraZeneca Global Scientific and Technical Achievment Award in 2007.

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