Author Archives: Stacey S. Willard

Push-Button Simplicity: Automatic Fermentation with the BioFlo® 120 Auto-Culture Mode

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Learning to use a bioprocess controller is a complex endeavor. Even if someone has previous bioprocess experience, moving to a new software platform can entail much learning and reduce process efficiency. With the auto-culture modes of the Eppendorf BioFlo 120 bioprocess control station, a user can select with a push of a button either a predefined Escherichia coli batch fermentation protocol or a Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) batch cell culture process. Proof of Concept: E. coli Auto-Culture Fermentation The auto-culture…

August 10, 2017

Comparing Culture Methods in Monoclonal Antibody Production: Batch, Fed-Batch, and Perfusion

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Recombinant protein manufacturing with Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells represents over 70% of the entire biopharmaceutical industry (1). In fact, human monoclonal antibodies (hMAbs) produced by CHO cells have played a major role in both the diagnostic and therapeutic markets for decades. One of the first human–mouse chimeric MAbs to obtain FDA approval was Roche’s rituximab treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and rheumatoid arthritis. Since that approval in 1997, scores of chimeric, humanized, and human MAbs have gained…

March 20, 2017