Providing contract laboratory services for the biotechnology industry.
Scott M. Brown, Ph.D.
Dr. Scott Brown received his Ph.D. in microbiology from UCLA. After postdoctoral studies in molecular biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder he began his career in the biotechnology industry.
Dr. Brown has over 20 years of industrial experience in cloning and expressing heterologous genes in microbial and non-microbial systems as well as protein purification from native and recombinant sources. He has used cell culture systems up to 100 L for insect and mammalian cells and up to 1600 L for yeast. The purification conditions and equipment utilized have matched cell culture in scale. Dr. Brown has extensive experience scaling purifications using FPLC, BioPilot and BioProcess systems with columns up to 45 cm in diameter.
Prior to his founding Biologics Process Development, Inc. Dr. Brown acted as liaison and biologics technology transfer supervisor between a prior employer and its contract research and manufacturing organizations. He has been the recipient of two SBIR grants and is the author of several US and European patents in the broad area of drug development and diagnostic biotechnology.
Currently, Dr. Brown is President and CSO of Biologics Process Development, Inc., a contract research organization specializing in gene expression optimization, medium optimization cell culture and
protein purification scale-up. He is well known as a consultant, expert witness, and advisory board member for numerous biotechnology companies.
Phone: (858) 486-9850 Fax: (858) 486-9852 Email: info@biologicspd.com
Biologics Process Development, Inc.