Registration Opens: July 1st

Late Registration: September 15th

Hotel Block Expires: September 7th

Cost: $2,500 

*Register by September 15th to avoid a $500 late registration fee 

Group Discount: Register 5 participants, get a 6th registration at no cost. For more information, contact Amy Rogers arogers9@illinois.edu 

This course is a moderate level course that covers the entire fermentation process from bench to pilot scale processes, including downstream processing and economic and industry perspectives. 

Types of Fermentations Covered: 

• Precision fermentation is the primary focus of the course, with some information covering traditional and biomass fermentation. 

• Yeast and bacterial organisms leveraged for the growing fermentation industry: E. coli, S. cerevisiae, P. pastoris, mycelium, and others. 

• Techniques and considerations for producing value-added chemicals through precision fermentation. Products include building block chemicals, food ingredients, cosmetic ingredients, textiles, polymers, and fuel compounds. 

• Seed training to grow biomass for larger reactors. 

• IBRL mainly performs aerobic fermentations, so that will be the focus, although we have the capability to perform anaerobic fermentations in our facility. 

Our short course is geared toward a smaller group and includes more hands-on demonstrations than a traditional conference setting. The course attendance is capped at 40 participants, so there are many opportunities for questions and networking with other course participants, speakers, and the IBRL staff. There are sessions in a classroom setting, along with hands on demonstrations in small groups in IBRL’s pilot plant and analytical lab. 

The course is geared toward professionals/companies who are: 

• Moving into a technology area that will utilize fermentation as a tool. 

• Taking on new fermentation-based responsibilities. 

• Scaling up fermentations (i.e., if people have experience in flasks, but not stirred-tank reactors). 

DAY 1

• Welcome, Introductions, Course and Industry Overview – Vijay Singh, IBRL

• New Fermentation Markets & How They Scale – Brian Jacobson, IBRL

• Fermentation Design Lecture (30 min) Fermentation Tour (30 min) – Michael Tai, Johannes Kung, Boston Bioprocess

• Fermentation Prep, Media, & Sterilization – Matt Stasiewicz, UIUC

• Fermentation Controls – Marissa Nyland, IBRL

• Fermentation Demonstrations

• Brewery Reception – Triptych Brewery

DAY 2

• DSP Intro – Tom McKenna, IBRL

• Liquid Handling – Clint Davis, Beckman Coulter

• Filtration Overview – Bobby Crowley, IBRL

• Ceramic Membrane Filtration – Antoine Charbonneau, Applexion

• Smartflow TFF – Jason Bell, Smartflow

• Centrifugation – Richard Mathies, Alfa Laval

• Pilot Scale Centrifugation – Nathan Schumer, IBRL

• Spray Drying – Daniel Reyna, Dedert, Joe Melnyk, FSHN-PPP

• Thermal Separations – Daniel Reyna, Dedert

• Technical Q & A – IBRL Technical Team

• Reception at ACES Library

DAY 3

• Hydrosome Technology – Hydrosome

• Facility Considerations – Black & Veatch

• TetraPak

• Process Modeling & Economic Analysis – Matt Menegay, ADM

Kerri Peters (217) 333-7311 kerrip@illinois.edu 

Amy Rogers (217) 300-7613 arogers9@illinois.edu 

IBRL has reserved a block of hotel rooms at the Holiday Inn Champaign. You can make a reservation by September 7th, either by calling (217) 398-3400 or by following this link. Rooms are offered on a first come, first served basis.

IBRL will provide shuttle transportation to and from the Holiday Inn and the various course events. 

If you are not staying at the Holiday Inn, you may park in the Holiday Inn’ss lot and use the shuttle. 

If you will drive yourself independently to campus, the ACES Library is at 1101 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801. There is limited metered parking in the circle drive parking lot in front of the ACES Library, as well as more metered options along Pennsylvania Avenue outside of IBRL (1300 W. Pennsylvania, Urbana, IL 61801). The ACES Library is just a short walk from IBRL. The campus parking meters are monitored by Mobile Meter. Please note that unmetered parking spots are likely reserved faculty/staff spots. 

Cancellations will be accepted with a full refund until September 15th.