18 Jan 2021
A skill development program was arranged for the students of 3rd semester, Msc Biotechnology department of REVA University at Biozeen, Hennur, Bangalore from 18th January 2021 to 22nd January 2021. Biozeen is a private firm which manufactures state of the art biofermentors and bioreactors and caters to several production houses, industries and research labs across the globe. It was a 5- day program which focused on providing hands-on training to the students in the areas of Downstream Processing mainly, chromatography and filtration techniques. The students attended the program in batches of two. The session was initiated by Dr. Nellaiah, Head, Research and Development and Training on the various bio-analytical techniques that are involved in research and development. The briefing session was followed by a short introduction on filtration (both ultra and microfiltration) and chromatography (both ion exchange and affinity chromatography )techniques by Ms. Vinobiah and Ms. Cristina, respectively. The trainers played a great role in imparting knowledge as well skills to the students. The modules included filtration and chromatography units operations, SIPs, functioning of the apparatus, and the different equipment available commercially. The students received hands on in Purification process in downstream. Overall, the program proved to be beneficial in terms of getting a real time scenario of DSP in Industry.
