On August 14th - 16th, the 6th Advanced Course in Cell Culture Bioprocess and Bioreactor Engineering & the 2nd Annual Conference on Cell Culture Engineering and Technology (CCET) was successfully held at East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST). Subsequently, participants were invited to visit our world-class culture medium manufacturing site.
Hosted by Professor Wensong Tan and his team at ECUST’s State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and co-organized by Shanghai BioEngine Sci-Tech Co., Ltd. with the support of the Chinese Society of Bioengineering, this event was a symposium which united over 150 technicians from all sectors of cell culture, including R&D, CMC and production, from over 90 Chinese biopharmaceutical companies and research institutes specializing in antibody, vaccine and cell & gene therapy products.
These 3 days were brimming with the exchange of academic knowledge, sharing of practical experience, analysis of theories and more. World-class experts in cell culture engineering lectured in person and answered a voluminous amount of questions in an interactive event packed with discussions on cutting-edge cell culture technologies and the latest industrial application cases.
Many topics were at the center of discussion: cell biology and physiology in process engineering; design, scale-up and optimization of bioreactors; design and optimization of cell culture processes and serum-free media; development and optimization of the production of recombinant proteins and viral vaccines; and group standards and quality management practices for serum-free media; and in-depth exchanges of the latest practical experiences in sub-forums. These were all led by three pundits in cell culture engineering: Professor Wensong Tan, Professor Wei-Shou Hu, and Dr. Weichang Zhou.
Technicians from over 90 biopharmaceutical companies and research institutes united.
2nd Annual Conference on CCET
The 2nd Annual Conference on CCET promoted the development and scientific research in cell culture engineering and technology in China, strengthening cooperation between cell culture industry, research and application. 7 guests of honor were invited to this dynamic conference, in addition to Professor Tan, Professor Hu, and Dr. Zhou.
Professor Wensong Tan, Founder and Chairman of BioEngine Sci Tech Co. Ltd., conducting the opening ceremony of the 2nd Annual Conference on CCET
Professor Wei-Shou Hu, Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota, giving a talk on synthetic biology platforms for recombinant adeno-associated virus production.
Dr. Weichang Zhou, Executive Director, President and Chief Technology Officer at WuXi Biologics, speaking on the prospects of process analysis and digital intelligence technologies.
Dr. Zhinan Chen, a Chinese Academy of Engineering Fellow, speaking on the characteristics and progress of biotechnology drugs.
Dr. Anping Zeng, a German Academy of Engineering Fellow, a Professor at Westlake University, and a founding director of the Center of Synthetic Biology & Biomanufacturing, giving a lecture on boosting energy metabolism by lipoate-protein ligases.
Dr. Haibin Wang, the President of BioRay Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd., giving a talk on the considerations and strategies for antibody manufacturing process changes.
Dr. Xiao Shen, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Canton Biologics Co., Ltd., conducting a lecture on compounding strategies to increase the yield of difficult-to-express proteins.
Dr. Ling Chen, a researcher at Guangzhou Laboratory, on an informative discourse about optimizing the construction and production process for adenovirus vector vaccines.
Dr. Bing Du, a Professor at East China Normal University, and the Co-Founder and Vice President of BRL Medicine Inc., speaking about gene editing leading the development of immune cell therapy.
Professor Qin Meng, a Professor and PhD Supervisor at Zhejiang University’s School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, giving a lecture on the construction and application of non-swelling hydrogel- baed organs-on-chips.
The 6th Advanced Course in Cell Culture Bioprocess and Bioreactor Engineering
The biennial 2023 Advanced Course in Cell Culture Bioprocess and Bioreactor Engineering is the 6th advanced course in succession since 2013, and it continued its academic range and depth in cell culture, maintaining its pragmatism. 4 keynote speakers in addition to Professor Tan, Professor Hu and Dr. Zhou gave masterclasses, where fundamental theories were analyzed and practical application experiences were shared, covering professional knowledge and key technologies involved in cell culture processes and bioreactor engineering.
Professor Wensong Tan giving a lecture on bioreactor engineering for cell cultures.
Professor Wei-Shou Hu conducting an online masterclass on cell biology for process engineering.
Professor Weichang Zhou giving a lecture on the analytical techniques for cell culture processes.
Professor and Senior Engineer Hui Hu, the Vice President of R&D at Shanghai BeiJin Biotech Co., Ltd, discoursing on the establishment of process characterization in biopharmaceutical CMCs.
Dr. Li Fan, the Senior Vice President and Manager of Antibody & Cell Therapy Business at Shanghai BioEngine Sci-Tech Co., Ltd., lecturing on the design of cell culture media formulations and components.
Keyu Shi, the Senior Vice President of Shanghai BioEngine Sci-Tech Co., Ltd., and the General Manager of Shanghai BeiJin Biotech Co., Ltd., giving a talk on the group standards, quality management systems and audits for serum-free cell culture media.
Dr. Hongming Hu, the Lab Chief of the Laboratory of Cancer Immunobiology, Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Co-Founder of UbiVac, Inventor of the DRibble antitumor vaccine, conducting a lecture on the applications and challenges of tumor-specific TCR selection and TCR-NK platforms.
The summer heat posed no barrier towards the participants’ thirst for knowledge. The cell culture experts provided insightful, intense and in-depth lectures, and the participants posed numerous inquiries whenever unclarity arose. The experts were eager to help and cleared all confusion with comprehensive and cohesive answers, and these warm exchanges between lecturers and students drove the 6th Advanced Course to a new level.
Professor Wensong Tan interacting with groups in between lectures.
Participants posed numerous insightful inquiries.
A lively and interactive poster display session was also held. It maintained its dynamic atmosphere as in previous years. Participants directly interacted with national front-line personnel in cell culture, engaging in bustling exchanges on the latest research results of cell culture and communicated freely.
The interactive poster display session where participants freely conversed with front-line cell culture researchers.
To cap it all off, two interactive sub-forums were set up. Dr. Li Fan hosted one on protein expression, and Dr. Xuping Liu hosted another on virus amplification. In these sub-forums, cell culture elites were invited to share their own experience in the industrial applications of cell culture, rendering this session immensely valuable.
Dr. Li Fan, Senior Vice President and Manager of Antibody & Cell Therapy Business at Shanghai BioEngine Sci-Tech Co., Ltd., hosting the sub-forum on protein expression.
Dr. Xuping Liu, President of Shanghai BioEngine Sci-Tech Co., Ltd., hosting the sub-forum on virus amplification.
Tour of our Cell Culture Media Manufacturing Site
After the intense Advanced Course, participants were invited to tour our cutting-edge cell culture media manufacturing site. It was a valuable opportunity to gain insights into the aspects and specifications of quality management and control in the entire media production process, the practical application scenarios of serum-free group standards, and to better digest and absorb the learning content from the Advanced Course.
Touring our media manufacturing site.
Participants’ Feedback
In a post-event survey, the participants indicated that they enjoyed the conference and expressed pleasure, gratitude and honor for the opportunity to learn from world-class experts, with some even suggesting for a longer event! The lecturers’ linkage of theory to application combined with our thick handouts saturated with valuable lecture notes and diagrams made these 3 days of continuous knowledge pursuit pleasant and rewarding.
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