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IBioIC Study Visit and Workshop - Pilots4U by Co-Pilot

  • FlexBIO Bioprocessing Facility John Coulson Building, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus Edinburgh EH14 4AS United Kingdom (map)

Are you based over 300km away?

Applications for a €500 travel voucher are open until 8 May 2025!

Full details on eligibility/how to apply for the travel voucher can be found below:

https://copilot-project.eu/open-calls/

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Our FlexBIO Bioprocessing Scale-up Centre will open their doors for a Co-Pilot study visit and scale-up workshop. This study visit and workshop is open to any bioeconomy stakeholder and are part of the Co-Pilot/Pilots4U “Scale-Up & Growth” Programme.

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Co-pilot Open Day – FlexBIO

09:00 – 09:30 Registration and tea/coffee/biscuits

09:30 – 09:45 Overview of the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC)
– why working with an innovation can accelerate your business with help from our network

09:45 – 10:00 Getting to know you – speed networking

10:00 – 10:15 Introduction to FlexBIO capabilities and successful projects

10:15 – 11:00 Facility Tour and meet the team
– See and learn about FlexBIO capabilities – from microbial, precision and biomass fermentation to mammalian cell expansion and downstream processing

11:00 – 11:30 Break

11:30 – 12:30 Bioprocessing Scale-up Theory Training – Scale-up from lab-scale to pilot-scale – Key Considerations for Upstream and Downstream Processing

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 Practical Training Options (select one)
– customised according to participant requirements

Parallel Session 1 – Scale-up considerations from microbial cells to cultivated meat

Parallel Session 2 – Don’t forget the downstream processing – full DSP including disc stack centrifuge. homogeniser, Tangential flow filtration, chromatography , drying

15:00 – 15:10 Close

To express your interest in joining our study visit at our FlexBIO Facility, click here!