October 3 - 6, 2011

The Course will be held in hotel Terramar, in a small town named Llafranch, in the heart of Costa Brava, Girona, Spain, providing a couzy and relaxing atmosphere for those attending. The hotel is right on a very nice sandy beach

ESACT is organising the first Course on Animal Cell technology. This is an introductory course, providing an overview of the field, from the more basic aspects to the final applications. It should be of interest to those starting their research activity in Animal Cell Technology, both from Academia or Companies. It is also of interest for those wishing an up-date of the state-of-the-art of Animal Cell Technology in a short overview Course.

The Course is planned in an intensive four day schedule, with a number of participants limited to a maximum of 30, in order to facilitate the interaction among them and with the lecturers. Lecturers will saty for most of the Course duration. The Course comprises lectures and study case analysis.

The following topics will be covered:

1. Cell line development. Transfection. Plasmids. Cell selection. Immortalization.
2. Cellular mechanisms. Metabolism. Cell growth and death. Media development.
3. Post-traslational modifications. Biological activity of products.
4. Bioreactors. Fudamentals for design. Agitation. Aeration. Type of bioreactors.
5. Downstream processing. Separation and purification technologies
6. Single use equipment. Scale-up. Scale-down.
7. Enabling technologies. Genomics, proteomics.
8. In-process analytical technology
9. Integrated bioprocess analysis and design. Economy aspects. Optimization. Quality.

Paula Alves (IBET, Portugal) and Francesc Gòdia (UAB, Spain)

Terry Papoutsakis (University Delaware, USA), Thomas Noll (Bielefeld University Center of Biotechnology, Germany), Manuel Carrondo (IBET, Portugal), Hansjörg Hauser (HZI, Germany), Ashraf Amanullah (Genentech, USA) and Francesc Gòdia (UAB, Spain)- CONFIRMED