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See all- 🧫 Wet-Lab Bioreactor Fundamentals — Cell Culture Scale-Up WorkshopCounter Culture Labs, at the Omni Commons, Oakland, CAUSD 100.00
Join us at Counter Culture Labs (4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland, CA 94609) for an interactive Wet-Lab Cell Culture Scale-Up Workshop. Cells can produce a variety of molecules from pharmaceuticals to cosmetics. They can also be used as lab-grown meat! Large volumes of cells are needed for production of desired biologicals, which can be achieved through scale-up of cell cultures and growth of cells in bioreactors.
In this workshop, participants will learn how to set up a bioreactor culture. We will cover hands-on techniques from all stages of scale-up from thawing a cell sample to growing cells in flasks in incubators to inoculating a bioreactor and determining the appropriate bioreactor settings. We will practice setting up gas spargers, agitation rotors, a pH sensor probe, and a feeding pump. Participants will learn how to use a serological pipette, an autoclave, a micropipette, an incubator, and a bioreactor control panel.
The workshop fee is $100. Venmo @ccl-plantbio (Message the event organizer via Meetup if you need an alternate payment method).
This covers instruction and the materials and equipment used in the class.About the Instructor
This workshop is taught by Anthony Neil Tan, a BioTech professional and graduate from UC Berkeley in Bioengineering. He is currently an independent research scientist and his projects center on biomass production of plant cells for harvest of high-value plant-derived chemicals. He has worked in the bioprocessing division at a cell-based meat company where he optimized the bioreactor cultures to maximize the yield of pork cells.Unable to attend? Interested in other classes like plant genetic engineering, bacterial culture, microscopy? Join our mailing list to hear about upcoming workshops! https://forms.gle/VVRrDWbDf74tasvM7
