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15^th International Congress on Catalysis 2012
Munich/Germany
2012-07-01 - 2012-07-06

bioprocess

March 28, 2006 - March 29, 2006, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)

28. + 29.03.2006

Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)

INVITATION

The development of economically feasible and reproducible bioprocesses is a highly important topic in white biotechnology. The major task of bioprocess development is scale-up, starting from screening in  ?L scale to lab scale to pilot and finally production scale (m3). This integrates the basic steps of characterisation of biocatalysts and the reaction partners as well as the optimisation of specific parameters, such as ventilation and sterility. Adapting a suitable reactor to the biorocess is only part of the problem. The control of the process is also crucial. An increasing number of products call for suitable bioprocesses that guarantee ideal conditions for the biocatalysts used. Only when process design and control allow cells to reach and maintain a certain metabolic state will it be possible to carry out the desired transformations.

Results obtained in the laboratory are often not reproducible on an industrial scale, and the cells can even produce a totally different product. Therefore improved understanding of up- and downscaling is needed. Downstream processing has to be considered at an early stage of process development.

State-of -the-art technologies and new developments in the field of bioprocess development will be discussed in 16 lectures presented by participants from large chemical companies, small and medium-sized enterprises and academia. Additionally, time will be set aside for poster presentations supplementing the topics discussed. The conference dinner will provide further opportunities to discuss new developments and strategies.

This short two-day conference is aimed at biochemists, chemists, microbiologists and process engineers active in the field of bioprocess development.

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