IBioIC Study Visit and Workshop - Pilots4U by Co-Pilot

Schedule

Thu Nov 06 2025 at 09:30 am to 03:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The National Robotarium | Edinburgh, SC

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Are you a BioInnovator working in Biotechnology and needing to 'Scale-up’ ? Then join us for a study visit at FlexBIO in Edinburgh.
About this Event

Our FlexBIO Bioprocessing Scale-up Centre will open their doors for a Co-Pilot study visit and scale-up workshop. This study visit and workshop is open to any BioInnovators and is part of the Co-Pilot/Pilots4U “Scale-Up & Growth” Programme.

Due to limited capacity, please register your interest now and we will contact you after September, to confirm if we are able to offer you a place.

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*Please note the date of this workshop has now changed from the original date of the 5th Nov*



Co-pilot Open Day – FlexBIO

09:30 – 10:00 Arrival, registration and tea/coffee

10:00 – 10:20 Welcome & introduction to IBioIC & FlexBIO
– why working with an innovation can accelerate your business with help from our network

10:20 – 10:45 FlexBIO Capabilities & Case Studies

10:45 – 11:00 Group Work Prep Split into groups as per below;

Group A - RESILIENCE - VR/AR training - Experience the latest technical and CPD training tools for training the next generation of staff in medicines manufacturing and biomanufacturing

Group B - Pilot Scale Microbial Fermentation - Experience a run through of FlexBIO's 30 and 300L stainless steel microbial fermenters

Group C - Downstream Processing - Harvest to Purity - A walk through of FlexBIO's downstream processing including disc stack centrifugation, filtration, homogenisation and chromatography

Group D - Small-scale microbial process development - Experience how FlexBIO uses paralell fermentation to accelerate process development and see our solid-state fermentation

Group E - Mammalian cell process development - See how FlexBIO scale-up lab-scale culture to stirred bioreactors both in glass and single use. Learn how to 'Build-a-bioreactor' yourself

11:00 – 12:25 Session 1 - Split Group Overview/Training Groups A>B>C>D>E (x2 rotations)

12:30 – 13:15 Lunch

13:15 – 15:25 Session 2 - Split Group Overview/Training Groups A>B>C>D>E (x3 rotations)

15:30 – 15:35 Close

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