Call for Application for ACTIP Fellowship 2010

ACTIP (the Animal Cell Technology Industrial Platform) is the informal European forum of companies employing animal cell technology (www.actip.org). Twice a year the representatives of the member companies meet to discuss research, development, technology and regulatory issues of mutual interest.
Besides the representatives of the member companies, invited speakers and observer companies (SMEs working on the themes covered by the meeting) make up the participants of these meetings. The meetings are characterized by a friendly
atmosphere and very lively discussions and take place in the home towns (and sometimes on the premises) of ACTIP members.

ACTIP wants to open up these informal industrial meetings to you, young scientists
working on a project in biomanufacturing or related activity of industrial interest,
i.e. development of new expression systems, new mammalian cell lines, test
development ACTIP wants to offer you the floor to present your project and
personal expertise to our community; not only an excellent opportunity for you to
present your project to experts but also a great way to expand your personal
network on a European scale.

In order to be selected for such an invitation, ACTIP invites you to send in a application for the ‘ACTIP Fellowship’. The Fellowship consists of all costs paid to attend a two-day meeting of ACTIP. Approximately 4 young professionals will be shortlisted following an evaluation of the applications by experts from the member companies. These 4 will be invited to ACTIP meetings over the course of the year following the application.

How to apply?
Applicants should be younger than 35 years of age and educated to at least degree
level in one of the disciplines underlying biomanufacturing. An applicant should
describe his/her involvement in a recent project on biomanufacturing or related
activity of industrial relevance. Project descriptions should not exceed 1 A4.
A recent curriculum vitae with full contact details should accompany the application.
Applications should be sent to:
Dr. Helma Hermans, Executive Secretary ACTIP, email: actip@sciwricon.com

Timeline
Applications can be sent from June 21 until August 15, 2010.
Evaluations by ACTIP experts take place from August 15-October 15, 2010. Experts
will be assigned by the ACTIP Steering Committee. Selected Fellows will be notified
by October 30 at the latest. The shortlist of selected fellows will be published on the ACTIP website.
The first meeting to which selected ACTIP fellows can be invited will take place late
November, 2010.

Winners fellowship 2009:

Engineering mammalian cells for enhanced recombinant protein production.
Dr. Rosalyn Masterton
Dept. of Biosciences
University of Kent
United Kingdom
Email: r.j.masterton@kent.ac.uk

Systems Biotechnology Approaches in Industrial Mammalian Cell Culture
Dr. Jochen Schaub
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
A BP Process Science
Germany

Biological relevant cell systems: the conditional immortalization system
Dr. Tobias May
Helmholtz Center for Infection Research
Germany
Email: tobias.may@helmholtz-hzi.de

High performance minicircle for industrial production of recombinant therapeutic agents
Mr. Markus Heine
Helmholtz Center for Infection Research
Germany
Email: Markus.Heine@helmholtz-hzi.de