Petra Merker

Petra is holding a PhD with emphasis on Molecular Biology and Microbiology and is currently working as a “Biological Quality Control Expert” at Bayer in Berlin. She is supporting aseptic production processes as well as new technologies and filling lines. After her Post-Doc at the Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biology in Berlin she joined Schering/ Bayer by implementing a Real-Time PCR Technology for the detection of specified microorganisms in pharmaceutical preparations. She has been a group leader of several QC laboratories within Biological QC at Bayer, like Sterility testing, Monitoring and the Identification of germs. Petra is a member of different industry working groups, who aim to support the implementation of Rapid Microbiological Methods, esp. Alternative Monitoring Methods, like Biofluorescent Particle Counting (BFPCs)