Animal Cell Technology Course 2014 – 4th edition
June 6, 2014
Animal Cell Technology course 2014 – 4th edition
September 28 – October 2, 2014, Llafranc, Spain
Coordinators: Francesc Gòdia (UAB, Spain) and Paula Alves (IBET, Portugal) After the interest received by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd edition and the excellent feed-back from the attendants, the 4th edition of the ACT course will be organised by the ESACT (European Society of Animal Cell Technology) in Llafranc, Costa Brava/Spain, from 28th September to 2nd October 2014. ESACT is presenting this activity as one more contribution to the community involved in the use of animal cells in Biotechnology and Biomedicine. The Course is planned in an intensive four-day schedule with a number of participants limited to 30 in order to facilitate the interaction among them and with the lecturers. Lecturers will stay for most of the Course duration. The Course comprises lectures covering the main topics of Animal Cell Technology:- Cell line development
- Cellular mechanisms
- Post-translational modifications
- Bioreactor design
- Downstream processing
- Genomics and proteomics
- Bioreactor scale-up and scale-down. Single use bioreactors
- Process Analytical Technology
- Economical aspects of ACT bioprocesses
- Integrated bioprocess for protein production
- Integrated bioprocess for stem cells