March 29 – 31, 2022
For questions, please email Beth Conerty at bconerty@illinois.edu
FERMENTATION SHORT COURSE
When: March 29 – 31, 2022
Where: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Integrated Bioprocessing Research Lab (ibrl.aces.illinois.edu)
Cost: $3000
With faculty lectures, equipment manufacturers, and hands-on training activities.
DAY 1
8:00am – 4:00pm
INTRODUCTION TO FERMENTATION
An overview of fermentation science and applications of fermentation technology
- Introductions
- Fermentation Overview and Examples
- Designing a Fermentation – Prep, Media, Sterilization
- HANDS ON LEARNING: Fermentation preparation demonstrations in pilot plant
EVENING
Reception & tour at local brewery
Day 2
8:00am – 5:00pm
MICROBIOLOGY & MONITORING
How do those single-celled organisms operate, and what motivates them?
- Growth, metabolism, & feeding
- Molecular biology and strain design
- Aerobic vs. Anaerobic – kinetics, mass & heat transfer
- Sterility and Phage Management
- HANDS ON LEARNING: Laboratory monitoring of your fermentations – HPLC, GC, YSI, UV-Vis
EVENING
Reception & tour at iHotel – Research Presentations
Day 3
8:00am – 3:30pm
Industry Perspective and Scaling Up
Understanding the scientific background of fermentation is great, but what happens when you’re ready to implement it in an industrially-relevant setting? Hear from industry representatives and leaders!
- Scale-Up Considerations & Equipment
- HANDS ON LEARNING: Downstream Processing Equipment
- Waste Handling
- Process Modeling & Economic Analysis
4:30pm
CERTIFICATE AWARDS AND ADJOURNMENT
General Information
Early Bird Registration by: January 31, 2022
Registration closes March 1, 2022 or when course capacity is reached (32 registrants)
Contacts:
Beth Conerty (217) 300-4543 bconety@illinois.edu
Vijay Singh (217) 333-9510 vsingh@illinois.edu
Hotel information: iHotel, Blocked Rooms
https://stayatthei.com/; 217-819-5000
Faculty Lecturers: Yong-Su Jin, Mike Miller, Christopher Rao, Vijay Singh, Matt Stasiewicz, Huimin Zhao
