Michaela Spitzer RampD Scientist We do not build Sewing Machines Singer Instruments Manufacturer of Scientific Instruments Founded in 1943 3rd generation family business Currently 30 people ID: 559883
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Singer Instruments, SomersetMichaela SpitzerR&D ScientistSlide2
We do not build Sewing Machines!Slide3
Singer Instruments
Manufacturer of Scientific InstrumentsFounded in 1943, 3rd generation family business
Currently ~30 people
Headquarters in Exmoor National Park, Somerset: R&D, Manufacture, Assembly, Sales & Marketing
Sales Offices & Applications Labs in Singapore and California
Soon: Sales Office & Applications Lab in GermanySlide4
Mk1 - MicromanipulatorSlide5
MSM400 - Dissection MicroscopeSlide6
ROTOR - Manipulation of High Density ArraysSlide7
PhenoBooth - Colony ImagingSlide8
Serial Filler - Automated Pouring of Agar PlatesSlide9
Our customers
Single cell manipulation, HTP screens
Our Customers work with
Yeast
Bacteria
Algae
Fungi
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Our customers work on
Microbiology
Drug discovery
Beer and wine research
Synthetic Biology
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My Path to Singer Instruments
BSc Bioinformatics (Freie Universität Berlin)BSc (hons) Bioinformatics (Auckland University)
PhD in Functional Genomics (U of Toronto, U of Edinburgh)
Postdoc in Chemical Genetics & Proteomics (U of Edinburgh)
Postdoc in Fungal Pathogens, Natural Products and High-Throughput Screening (McMaster University)Slide11
My Path to Singer Instruments
My Role as a Scientist at Singer InstrumentsSales in the UK - Information about instruments, instrument demos, dealing with customization requests
Marketing
- Website content
R&D
- Development and Testing of new Scientific Instruments
But also:
Setting up and running the lab at Singer Instruments
Continuous improvement of our Product Development Process
QC of instruments before shipping to customers
Singer Instruments is a small company, so I am involved in many different aspects of the business.
I am interacting with everyone there (Software programmers, Engineers, Sales & Marketing Team, Assembly and Workshop technicians) and with our customers for Sales and for R&DSlide12
Life at Singer Instruments as a Scientist
Development of new productsActively guide development of products
Define test criteria and conduct tests for new products
Market Research for Future Products
Looking into latest developments for specific applications
General market research for our target audience, ie, yeast community, synthetic biology
Application development
Example ROTOR: Working with filamentous fungi & Streaking for single colonies
Ongoing testing of current products
Testing petri dishes in the Serial Filler (different makes and types of plates, divided dishes)
Continuous development and improvement of Colony Analysis software PhenoSuite
Marketing/Website content
Interviews with Scientists who use our instruments
Short write-up of recent publications, highlighting how our instruments were usefulSlide13
Singer Instruments, SomersetMichaela SpitzerR&D Scientist