Each of the two laboratories consists of 16 vessels with an operating volume of 0.75 to 2 liter, and offers highly controlled and extensively monitored high cell density batch, fed-batch and chemostat cultures. The laboratories are custom-built by our own in-house engineers and biotechnology researchers. This offers an important flexibility as we can customize unique software and hardware solutions for specific and dynamic project requirements.   The laboratory is used for a range of purposes, as for example optimization of industrial strains and microbial processes in-depth basic studies of  physiology and biology of microorganisms research-based production of new biological compounds for subsequent structure identification and/or characterization

Our fermentation laboratory is being used in a number of collaboration projects with national and international partners within industry and academia. We are open-minded and enthusiastic towards new collaborations with new partners.

Specifications

• 32 Applicon fermentation vessels, 3 liter scale
• Automatic control and online monitoring of operating conditions such as dissolved oxygen, pH, agitation speed and temperature.
• Online mass-spectroscopy gas analysis of inlet and exhaust gas.
• Online mass-spectroscopy-based analysis of alcohol-concentration in fermentation medium.
• Computer-controlled logging and online visualization of fermentation profile.
• Customized control-engineering algorithms for user-defined substrate feeding profiles
  (feed-rate or set-point).