The new workshop seminar will unite leading companies and academic science in a modern fermentation environment (FERM FACTORY at RWTH Aachen University). In this course, you will experience state-of-the-art equipment and innovative analytical methods, and learn about a holistic concept of the process industry. Try out various tools we provide for you in our application centre and follow the exemplary workflow.
Learn how to optimize your production flow, and manage and evaluate your data to minimize risks in advance. Through a gradual networking, fermentation processes become faster, more robust and more compatible.
Due to the high number of cooperating companies, the FERM FACTORY creates a unique framework in which the challenges of the future laboratory in the process industry are shown from different perspectives.
Start together with us in the direction of FERM-FACTORY 4.0!
Main Topics
» Data-driven bioprocess development considering processes in cell cultures
» Parallelised process development
» Current bioprocess technology
» Process error management
» Off-gas assisted bioprocess development
» Online substrate measurements
» Bioprocess-relevant data from the medium
» Soft sensors and hybrid process optimisation
» Assay-based bioprocess control
Workshop Topics
» 4BioCell:
Assay-based bioprocess control through photometric analysis
» Beckman Coulter GmbH:
Parallelised process development
» BlueSens:
Off-gas analysis for the optimisation of bioprocesses
» Hamilton:
The truth is in there! Hamilton‘s inline sensors for the bioprocess development
» Plato AG:
Quality and risk management in the process industry
» sbi Scientific Bioprocessing:
Digitally simplified bioprocessing - non-invasive sensing and feeding in the shake flask
» Virtual Sensors / fermSYS:
Bioprocessing 4.0 - hybrid models for digital twins in biotechnology
This course is aimed at all engineers, technicians, and scientists who work in bioprocess development or who want to familiarise themselves with this topic. Due to the practical relevance (work in the fermentation environment on state-of-the-art technical infrastructure), an extensive bridge will be built between academic science and industry-related applications.
Basic knowledge of bioprocess engineering, chemistry and microbiology would be desirable but not necessary. Basic scientific and technical knowledge is sufficient for successful participation.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jochen Büchs, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Since its founding in 1996, the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering has been headed by Jochen Büchs. The core competence of the chair is the characterization of processes in bioreactors of all scales - from micro plates to fermenters. The focus is on the development and application of innovative methods for online process analysis and control.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars M. Blank, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Lars M. Blank, chemical engineer and biologist, habilitated at the TU Dortmund University, Germany. Since 2011 he has been Professor and head of the Institute of Applied Microbiology at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. His research interest is the metabolic engineering of microbes for a sustainable bioeconomy.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Eiden, Westphalian University of Applied Sciences, Recklinghausen, Germany
Frank Eiden completed his doctorate in bioprocess engineering at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, and worked in the area of project planning and documentation of plants, among others in a self-managed engineering office. The focus here was on regulatory aspects (GMP) in particular. He then organised and managed various research networks for sustainable biotechnology. Since 2016, he has been teaching and researching in the field of molecular biology with a focus on bioprocess technology at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences in Recklinghausen, Germany. His work focuses on simulation and control of biotechnical processes using algorithm-based methods.
As well as other speakers from the workshop partner companies 4BioCell, Beckman Coulter GmbH, BlueSens, Hamilton, Plato AG, sbi Scientific Bioprocessing, and Virtual Sensors / fermSYS.
RWTH Aachen University -
Institute of Applied Microbiology - iAMB
Worringer Weg 1
52074 Aachen, Germany
incl. course documentation, certificate of participation, lunch snack, drinks during breaks and get-together dinner on the first day
| 1.550,-- € | |
|---|---|
| 1.535,-- € | personal DECHEMA members |
Discounts for students/doctoral candidates: on request
(depending on availability, student card required as proof)
Discounts for frequent bookers: on request
(for simultaneous registration of several participants from the same company)
Picture: RWTH Aachen University - Institute of Applied Microbiology/Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars M. Blank
