Annika Kappes

Annika Kappes is an Associate Scientist at AbCellera, focusing on Cell Line Development since September 2022. Previously, Annika completed an internship and Master’s thesis at Sartorius Stedim Biotech in the BioProcessing USP department from October 2021 to June 2022. Prior experience includes working as a QC student at AGC Biologics, where responsibilities encompassed inspecting consumables, compiling data for reports, and managing GMP documentation from July 2020 to July 2021. Annika also conducted a Bachelor thesis on expanding the genetic code of viruses at Memorial University of Newfoundland from September 2019 to February 2020, and participated in an internship on Hepatitis C Virus infection of lymphocytes under Dr. Tomasz I from September 2018 to February 2019. Annika holds a Master of Science in Biotechnology from Hochschule Mannheim (September 2020 - August 2022) and a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnologie from Hochschule Mannheim (September 2016 - August 2020).