Kent Persson

Dr. Persson is an experienced cell and molecular biologist with 20 years research expertise in genomics and molecular-cellular biology. He holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Umeå University in Sweden and did a Postdoctoral Fellowship in gene expression research at the University of California San Francisco. After postdoctoral work, Dr. Persson served as Senior Scientist in the Gene Expression Division of Bio-Rad Laboratories in California, participated in research and development of gene expression tools and led technical training in genetic analysis work. Returning to Sweden, Dr. Persson has been working for Octapharma AB in Stockholm. First as a Senior Scientist at the Biopharmaceutical Division where he oversaw Cell and Molecular Biology and manages process analysis development, introducing new molecular biology techniques including development of technologies in cell culturing, recombinant protein production, and molecular biological IND filings. Later Dr. Persson served as a Project Manager at Octapharma’s Quality Unit. Within the project he oversaw development, implementation and regulatory submission for assays to serve Octapharma’s recombinant production. Now Dr. Persson works as Senior Analytical Specialist working with various projects at the Octapharma Quality Unit.