David Dismuke

Chief Technical Officer at Forge Biologics

Grove City, Ohio, United States

About David Dismuke

David Dismuke is Chief Technical Officer at Forge Biologics. Location: Grove City, Ohio, United States.

Specialties: Upstream process development of mammalian and insect cell culture in Wave and single-use stir tank bioreactors, cell line development and characterization, media optimization; Downstream process development, including microfluidization, depth filtration, TFF, hollow fiber, chromatography (affinity, ion exchange, size exclusion, HIC), ultracentrifugation, UF/DF; Analytical characterization, electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, Southern blotting, ELISA, QPCR primer and probe design, DNA/RNA isolation, flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, electron microscopy, HPLC, TCID50 and ICA, plaque assays; vector design, cloning and vector construction; BSL-3 and extensive cleanroom experience, design and operation of cGMP facilities, knowledge of ISO 9001, FDA, EMA, ICH GLP/cGMP standards, quality system design, external and internal audits, CAPAs, risk assessment, authoring and review of SOPs, BPRs, technical reports; management, including budgeting, facility and organizational planning, program management, goal setting, training, and employee review

Skills

  • molecular biology
  • virology
  • gene therapy

Additional experience

  • VP of Manufacturing

    StrideBio, Inc

    September 2017 – September 2020

Education

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University
  • BA, Carson-Newman University