Study Visit and Scale-Up Workshop @ IBioIC Bioprocessing Scale-up Centre, Scotland
2025-11-06 | IBioIC Bioprocessing Scale-up Centre, John Coulson Building, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AL, United Kingdom
Aim of the study visit and workshop:
This visit aims to give participants a practical overview of IBioIC’s innovation support network and FlexBIO’s bioprocessing capabilities, while creating direct opportunities to connect with the team and other attendees. Through speed networking, a facility tour, and dedicated scale-up training, participants will strengthen their understanding of key upstream and downstream considerations when moving from lab to pilot scale, and explore tailored practical sessions aligned with their specific scale-up needs.
Presentations:
2. IBioIC_FlexBIO_Scaleup Facilities Overview NR
3. FlexBIO Capabilites & Case studies SF PP – final
Visit the FLEXBIO websiteAgenda

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

Target audience
All bioeconomy stakeholders, where possible with a focus on BioInnovators (Technology Owners).
More information
Please, contact: Neil Renault, neil.renault@ibioic.com
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