Course Description
IBRL’s Leaders and Technical Pilot Plant Specialists, who have worked on over 1,000 scale-up projects for 135 clients since the facility opened 7 years ago, will provide an overview of precision fermentation and downstream processes. There will be an emphasis on scale up considerations, troubleshooting, and best practices. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in conversations and curated Q&A sessions with the IBRL Team throughout this course.
General Information
Date: Wednesday December 3, 2025
Time: 1:00pm – 5:00pm CT
Location: Virtual – a Zoom link will be provided before the session
Cost: $300
iFAB partners receive 50% off! Email kerrip@illinois.edu for more information
Audience
- Process engineers who regularly work with fermentations or downstream processing
- Operations managers who oversee processes
- Engineers, technicians, and scientists seeking continued educational opportunities
- Professionals taking on new fermentation-based responsibilities
- Companies scaling up fermentations from flasks to larger stirred-tank reactors
Agenda
1:00pm -1:15pm Welcome and introductions
1:15pm – 2:00pm Fermentation Overview
2:00pm – 3:00pm Q&A with Ferm Team
3:00pm – 3:15pm Break
3:15pm – 4:00pm DSP Overview
4:00pm – 5:00pm Q&A with DSP Team
We offer a private version of this session for companies with large groups that could benefit from our team’s experience and expertise, as well as for groups who want to ask process-specific questions without other companies present. For more information, please reach out to kerrip@ilinois.edu.