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 

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 25 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). 

Coming soon!

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

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

Coming soon!

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 hotel’s 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.