Beth Brescia is an Application Scientist at EMD Millipore Corporation. She has worked in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries for over 20 years. Beth received her Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology and her Master’s degree in Laboratory Science from Quinnipiac College and is certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt. Since 2011, Beth has been at EMD Millipore Corporation working on Rapid Microbiology methods in the Applications Laboratory within BioMonitoring. Corresponding author – email: beth.brescia@emdmillipore.com.