Training Schedule
| Course Title | Course Details | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Sterilisation Technology | This course focuses on the practical aspects of porous load autoclaves, fluid load autoclaves, the terminal sterilisation of fluids in glass and plastic containers, multi-cycle laboratory autoclaves and waste/discard cycles.
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24 April 2012 | Request a place |
| Clean Rooms: Principles in Practice | Providing a comprehensive overview of the regulatory and design requirements of a cleanroom facility, this course highlights how the interaction between materials and personnel within the cleanroom, HVAC design, air filtration and ongoing contamination control all have an impact on and contribute towards a compliant cleanroom. The content of this course draws heavily upon this 'hands on' project involvement and anecdotal experiences giving delegates realistic, practical and current guidance in this field. Read more » |
26 June 2012 | Request a place |
| Column Packing | This 2-day course aims to provide an introduction to column packing techniques used typical biopharmaceutical production process. Trainees will receive extensive hands on experience of column packing including flow-packing and pack-in-place methodologies. Training will be provided in an industrial bioprocessing type environment with the latest equipment. Read more » |
29 February 2012 | Request a place |
| Downstream Processing: Principles in Practice | This 3-day course examines the downstream processing aspects of a typical biopharmaceutical production process used in the production of recombinant protein for human therapeutic use. This will include both hands-on practical and lecture components. Trainees will receive extensive hands on experience of downstream processing operations including chromatography, column packing, ultrafiltration/diafiltration and filter integrity testing. Training will be provided in an industrial bioprocessing type environment with the latest equipment. Read more » |
22 May 2012 | Request a place |
| Environmental Monitoring | Effective environmental monitoring requires a thorough understanding of the facility use, people and material flows as well as a considered approach to obtaining meaningful and accurate data. This course covers the subject in detail, balancing classroom based theory sessions with practical workshops on the identification of high risk areas, media selection and validation and data review. Read more » |
12 June 2012 | Request a place |
| Fill Finish and Aseptic Processing | This is a comprehensive, practical and hands on course based on current aseptic techniques related to working in a clean room and isolator environment. The course includes microbiological monitoring, sampling, testing, validation, identification methods and techniques. The course will be held in the NIBRT facility which comprises a quasi class C compounding area and a class B production area (containing a class A vial filling line, LAF cabinets and
an isolator). Read more » |
21 February 2012 | Request a place |
| Filter Integrity Testing | This 1-day course examines the current filter integrity testing techniques used in a typical biopharmaceutical production process. Trainees will receive extensive hands on experience in filter integrity testing methods including bubble point, diffusion and water intrusion testing. Training will be provided in an industrial bioprocessing type environment with the latest equipment. Read more » |
10 May 2012 | Request a place |
| Glycan Analysis 1: UPLC | This course will provide lectures and hands-on practical sessions on the subject of glycobiology and glycoanalytics, allowing students to gain a broad overview of the concepts, strategies and research techniques that are used in analytical glycobiology. Read more » |
07 March 2012 | Request a place |
| Good Engineering Practice | The purpose of this course is to highlight how current GMP is applied to pharmaceutical engineering and technical services to ensure facilities, equipment and processes are maintained to the highest possible standards expected by the regulatory authorities.
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15 May 2012 | Request a place |
| Harvest and Centrifugation | This 2-day course aims to provide hands on experience of the harvesting of mammalian cells using centrifugation and microfiltration plant in a quasi GMP operating environment. Waste cells will be neutralised. Permeate will be processed to remove cell fractions using clarification skids before transfer prior to final processing downstream. Read more » |
24 April 2012 | Request a place |
| Instrumentation and Control | This course is delivered in association with Endress and Hauser.
The course involves all elements of instrumentation including measurement, digital communication, process control and Life Cycle management (LCM). It is practical based so trainees get hands on experience with all the various tools involved in instrumentation. Read more » |
17 April 2012 | Request a place |
| Introduction to Chromatography | This 2-day course aims to provide a high level introduction to chromatographic techniques used in a typical biopharmaceutical production process. Trainees will receive extensive hands on experience including column packing and chromatographic processes (column equilibration, sample loading, elution, cleaning and storage). Training will be provided in an industrial bioprocessing type environment with the latest equipment. Read more » |
26 April 2012 | Request a place |
| Introduction to Disposable Technology | Disposable technology is finding widespread use in the biopharma industry in the areas of upstream, downstream and fill finish. This 2-day course will look at the advantages and disadvantages of disposable technology and it’s impact on the biopharma manufacturing industry. Trainees will be able to get hands on experience of a wide range of equipment actually used in industry. Read more » |
26 March 2012 | Request a place |
| Introduction to Tangential Flow Filtration (TFF) | This 1-day course aims to provide a high level introduction to tangential flow filtration (TFF) used in a typical biopharmaceutical production process. Trainees will receive extensive hands on experience of TFF operations including ultrafiltration (UF) and diafiltration (DF). Optimum operating conditions will be determined at lab and pilot scale. Training will be provided in an industrial bioprocessing type environment with the latest equipment. Read more » |
14 June 2012 | Request a place |
| Mammalian Cell Culture Scale Up & Inoculum | This 2-day course gives a detailed introduction to the initial cell culture processing aspects of a typical biopharmaceutical production process used in the development of recombinant protein for human therapeutic use. This will include both hands-on practical and theory components.
This course deals with the initial launch of the production process starting with the recovery of cells from the cell bank and scale up. Trainees will use aseptic technique to thaw and culture cells and analyse growth in shake flasks. The course will then progress with an overview of the scale up process from shake flask to small scale bioreactors (7L glass bioreactor and 5L disposable bioreactor). Trainees will then build on the knowledge and experience gained during the course theory and practical sessions and start a production batch by inoculating the 30L stainless steel bioreactor. Read more » |
21 March 2012 | Request a place |
| Mammalian Cell Culture Scale Up Processes | This 1-day course gives a detailed introduction to the initial cell culture processing aspects of a typical biopharmaceutical production process used in the development of recombinant protein for human therapeutic use. This will include both hands-on practical and theory components.
This course deals with the initial launch of the production process starting with the recovery of cells from the cell bank and scale up. Trainees will use aseptic technique to culture cells and analyse growth. Trainees will be introduced to small scale cell culture procedures using 5L disposable bioreactors and 7L glass bioreactors. Read more » |
01 March 2012 | Request a place |
| Pharmaceutical Microbiology for Non Microbiologists | Controlling microbiology throughout the manufacturing process is a key success factor for production. Microbiology is unseen and data is history, effective control requires all disciplines to be involved in the control measures and any out of specification investigations. Therefore, all key personnel should have a thorough understanding of microbiology. Read more » |
24 April 2012 | Request a place |
| Pharmaceutical Water Systems: Principles in Practice | This course presents an independent view of the design, qualification, validation, operation, management and maintenance of pharmaceutical water systems and provides an interactive mix of lectures and workshops. Read more » |
13 March 2012 | Request a place |
| Pharmaceutical Water/Steam Systems - Practical | This course is a optional extension of the Pharmaceutical Water and Steam Systems – Principles in Practice course. The aim of this course is to build on the knowledge gained in the theory course by providing a hands-on practical experience of hands-on aspects of operating a pharmaceutical water/steam system. Read more » |
16 March 2012 | Request a place |
| Protein Characterisation Techniques 2: Intermediate | This course provides practical and theory sessions on intermediate protein characterisation techniques and gives hands-on experience on the instrumentation that is routinely used. Read more » |
19 April 2012 | Request a place |
| Sterilisation In Practice | This 1-day course aims to provide hands on experience of the sterilisation of a modern industrial computer controlled seed bioreactor, complete with all instrumentation. Computer simulations will be provided to fast track theory and progress. Read more » |
24 February 2012 | Request a place |
| Sterilisation: Principles in Practice | This course provides a theoretical foundation in the principles of sterilisation processes and associated equipment. Detailed guidance on the current requirements for qualifying steriliser equipment and validating sterilisation processes is included in the scope of the programmes, as are the GMP expectations for the routine operation, monitoring and control of sterilisation processes. Read more » |
21 February 2012 | Request a place |
| Upstream Processing: Principles and Processes | This 3-day course gives a detailed introduction to the upstream operations in a biopharmaceutical production process used in the development of recombinant protein for human therapeutic use. This will include both hands-on practical and theory components.
During this course trainees will be introduced to cell culture technique using small scale shake flasks. Trainees will then gain hands on practical experience on 150L stainless steel bioreactors using detailed experimental procedures and SOPs to prepare and run a steam in place sterilisation on the 150L bioreactor. Trainees will then build on the knowledge and experience gained during the course theory and practical sessions and start a production batch on the 30L stainless steel bioreactor. Read more » |
11 April 2012 | Request a place |