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Welcome to Dragon Associates Dragon Associates ocupa una posición única en el área de la consultoría de la fermentación y biotecnología proporcionando servicios de consulta in situ. Usted tendrá ventajas como: obtener un bajo costo en comparación con los servicios de mejora de las cepas fuera del lugar de trabajo y también el desarrollo de sus procesos en su sitio evita los problemas que ocurren debido a la transferencia de un sitio a otro. Ventaja adicional es la capacitación de su personal que ocurrirá durante la consulta en su lugar de trabajo.
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Biodata - Robert T. Rowlands

Professional Interests: Fermentation, microbial genetics and physiology, strain/process improvement, scale-up and extraction/purification.
Academic Record: 1974-1977: Beit Memorial Medical Research Fellow at University of Bristol Medical School, UK

PhD in Microbial Genetics, University of Bristol, 1974. Thesis title: "Extranuclear mutants of Aspergillus nidulans"

BSc. (Hons. 2i) in Biological Sciences, University of Leicester, 1971
Languages: English, Welsh, Spanish; working knowledge of French, German, Italian and some Mandarin Chinese
Employment History:
1998-present: Self-employed consultant under the name of Dragon Associates, providing technical consultancy to the fermentation/ pharmaceutical industry. Active client base currently includes Europe, India and China.
1984-1998: Director, Biotechnology Services for Panlabs, Inc., USA, a contract research organisation specialising in drug discovery and process development services for the pharmaceutical industry. Responsibility for directing a variety of yield improvement research programmes of around 80 scientific staff at Panlabs' laboratory in Taiwan, and for liaison with the industrial clients in Europe, India and Asia for whom this work was carried out.
1981-1984: Senior Section Head, Strain Improvement Section for Beecham Pharmaceuticals, UK. Responsibility for expanding and directing the clavulanic acid (Augmentin) strain improvement programme, including establishment of a genetic engineering group.
1977-1981: Section Head, Genetics and then Screening Sections, for Glaxo Operations, UK. Responsibility for directing the cephalosporin and penicillin strain improvement programmes, including the setting up of Glaxo's first genetic engineering group in this area.


Other Professional Activities

  • Committee Member, Institute of Biology North West Branch, 1978-1981
  • Industrial PhD Supervisor (Glaxo), University of Nottingham 1979-1981
  • Industrial PhD Supervisor (Glaxo), University of Nottingham 1983-1984
  • Industrial PhD Supervisor (Panlabs), University of Wales, Cardiff 1996-1999
  • External PhD Examiner, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1985
  • Symposium Convenor, Society for Industrial Microbiology, Seattle, WA, USA 1989
  • Course Director, Fermentation Workshop, Mumbai, India 2000
  • Visiting Lecturer, University of Sheffield 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999
  • Honorary Lecturer, University of Wales, Cardiff 1996 onwards
  • Entry in "Who's Who in Science and Engineering" from 2003 onwards (7th Edition)
  • Entry in "Dictionary of International Biography" from 2004 onwards (31st Edition)
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