POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19

Rescheduled dates still to be determined. For questions, please email Beth Conerty at bconerty@illinois.edu

FERMENTATION SHORT COURSE

When: POSTPONED

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, 2020

Registration closes March 1, 2020 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