COLUMBUS, Ohio – A device invented at Ohio State University has dramatically boosted the production of a chemical that performs tasks as diverse as scenting perfume and flavoring Swiss cheese.

Designed for R&D and process development scale-up, SmartGlass vessels enable easier handling and faster assembly/disassembly for cleaning. They were developed to be fully hygienic to ensure complete ...

Fermentation technology, though mature, remains challenged by the accumulation of potentially inhibitory products and by-products. A semi-partition bioreactor resolves this limitation, allowing ...

Choosing between Stainless Steel and Single-Use Getting Easier as Niches Become Better Defined Even as single-use process technology continues to advance and evolve to meet a growing demand, there ...

A UK-based molecular farming start-up has developed a new genetic engineering method to make lower-cost growth factors from tobacco plants that can be used for cultivated meat production. Manchester’s ...

The BioXplorer 400 has been fitted with four bioreactors along with working volumes of up to 400 mL. It is an ideal tool for parallel bioprocess optimization. The highly configurable nature of their ...

Protein is an essential dietary requirement that is traditionally obtained from animal-derived meat and dairy products, seafood, nuts and legumes, and, in many cultures, from insects. Depending on ...

Biotechnology has had a significant influence on modern society. For instance, genetically modified microbes are employed to manufacture human hormones such as insulin, while yeast has been utilized ...

The utilization of online process analytical technology (PAT) has become a high-profile endeavor in the biotechnology industry in recent years. Since the early 1980s, many fermentation scientists have ...

Cta—grows astaxanthin in fermentation tanks from yeast strains optimized at “unprecedented speed” with robotics and ...