Jay Harner
Fermentation Manager Bio Process Development Facility University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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OTHM B317
Lincoln NE 68588-0668 - Phone
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402-472-8356 On-campus 2-8356
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jharner2@unl.edu
Jay Harner joined the Biological Process Development Facility in May 2004 as a research technician and became the fermentation manager in May 2007. As the fermentation manager, he oversees process development and GMP production for upstream activities. His background is in high cell density microbial fermentations producing recombinant proteins. He also has experience working with anaerobes and probiotics and has over 20 years of experience designing fermentations using DOE and SCADA software including JMP®, BioCommand®, Batch Expert, and DeltaV™. Prior to joining the BPDF, Mr. Harner worked at Pfizer as a lab assistant in the tableting QA/QC department and as a lab technician in viral production working with mammalian cells. Mr. Harner holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
List of Publications
Cerini F, Gaertner H, Madden K, Tolstorukov I, Brown S, Laukens B, Callewaert N, Harner JC, Oommen AM, Harms JT, Sump AR, Sealock RC, Peterson DJ, Johnson SK, Abramson SA, Meagher MM, Offord R, Hartley O, 2015, “A scalable low-cost cGMP process for clinical grade production of the HIV inhibitor 5P12-RANTES in Pichia pastoris,” Protein Expression and Purification, 119, 1-10.
Meagher MM, Seravalli JG, Swanson ST, Ladd RG, Pal Khansa Y, Inan M, Harner JC, Johnson SK, Van Cott K, Lindsey C, Wannemacher R, Smith LA, 2011, “Process development and cGMP manufacturing of a recombinant ricin vaccine: An effective and stable recombinant ricin a-chain vaccine-RVEcÔ,” Biotechnol Progress 27(4), 1036-1047.