Asa Hagner McWhirter, PhD

Principal Scientist at Cytiva

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Åsa has been with Cytiva based in Uppsala, Sweden, since 2003 and is a downstream and analytics subject-matter expert, with a broad and deep understanding of viral vector processing. Due to her long experience and from customer interactions, she has gained insights into common challenges and pitfalls in viral vectors and vaccines as well as general protein purification and analysis. Åsa earned a PhD in Medical Biochemistry from Uppsala University in 1999 based on research around biosynthesis of proteoglycans. The studies involved polysaccharide structure analysis, enzyme purification, and cloning, as well as characterizing an enzyme reaction.