Dr. Mirko Papritz

My project to prepare the lauch of a new service product (women's health) along with other tasks concerning marketing, recruiting, and PR. Key tasks and learning experience: product management (pathology & cytology lab services) | marketing copywriter | sales force training | creation of marketing materials | recruiting activities

My assistance in integrating a new partner lab into the company. Key tasks and learning experience: M&A assistance | change management | in-house communication | problem solving

My first experiences with customers while working in an entrepreneurial start-up environment. Key tasks and learning experience: cold calling | customer care | account management | feeding and maintaining a CRM data base | lead generation | product presentation | on-site-support | training of customers | competitor analysis | coordinator of pilot studies | sales team reporting

My first steps behind the scenes of an international operating lab device manufacturer. Project: „Acceleration of time-to-market – an analysis of product development processes“ Key tasks and learning experience: interviewing of employees | insight in product management | insight in product development | sales force training | tools for process supervision (MS Project)

My experience in a cooperation project of an applied science topic involving 3 different labs. Project: "Prevalidation study of the particle exposure device - CULTEX RFS" Key tasks and learning experience: insight in compressed air technology | product prevalidation (particle exposition device) | coordination of an cooperation project | SOP creation | problem solving in a team | cell culture meets technology

My challenge of transferring a cell culture model method from one lab to another - cell culture is not always logical. PhD Topic: "Effects of cadmium and zinc ions on the blood-air barrier in the lung" Key tasks and learning experience: toxicology of heavy metals | cell culture (3D models) | ELISA | western blot | immunofluorescence microscopy | lab management | cooperation with technical assistants | paper publishing

My first experiments with animal models (mouse, rat), analyzing blood samples with HPLC. Project: "Effects of CD73-activity on the cardiovascular system of human and mouse" Key tasks and learning experience: mouse physiology | HPLC | radiochemical quantification | teaching assistance (human medicine)

My experience as a blue collar worker in a printing plant working on the assembly line. Key tasks and learning experience: insights in industrial bookbindery | production logistics | packaging | palletising |working with electrical lifting carts

My experience as a student assistant in a typical life science lab environment. Project: "Expression of Cytochrome C out of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Neurospora crassa in E. coli-strains" Key tasks and learning experience: cloning | vector design | cell culture (bacteria) | side-directed-mutagenesis

My contribution to cancer research exploring the field of epigenetics. Project: "​CpG island methylation and expression of tumour-associated genes in lung carcinoma" Key tasks and learning experience: epigenetics | PCR-techniques | cell culture