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Customised Bioprocessing Technologies

Engineering Cells, Engineering Processes

Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) is dedicated to be your global strategic partner in bioprocessing science and engineering. BTI has integrated capabilities to accelerate innovation in biologics, cell and gene therapy, and cultured meat.

 

Scope of Services

  • High titer pilot scale recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies production in mammalian expression systems for pre-clinical studies
  • Pilot scale virus propagation
  • Clones selection and screening
  • Media and process development and optimisation
  • Glycan profiling of proteins, cells and tissues
  • Mass spectrometry -based proteomics and metabolomics
  • Hybridisation and sequencing-based transcriptomics
  • Purification of monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins
  • Scale up production of stem cells
  • Analysis of media components and intracellular metabolites


Key Capabilities

  • Fed-batch and perfusion bioreactor cultivation of mammalian cell suspension in serum-free media
  • Manufacturing grade mammalian (e.g. CHO and HEK293) cell line development and cell engineering for monoclonal antibodies and other recombinant proteins
  • Established MS-based proteomics platform for protein quantification and ID, quality control analysis and therapeutic protein characterisation
  • Devised a distinctive comprehensive glycan analytical platform based on the MALDI-TOF and HPLC systems for N-and O-glycan profiling of recombinant glycoprotein drugs
  • Multi-omics characterisation of mammalian (e.g. CHO) and microbial (e.g. E.coli, P.pastoris) cell systems
  • Developed various software platforms including programs for analysis of genomics and transcriptomic Next Generation Sequences experiments, LC-MS data pre-processing and glycan profile visualisation
  • Advanced scalable cell expansion technologies using a microcarrier platform to facilitate the goal of using stem cells for cell therapy

 

Key Equipment

  • Bioreactors ranging from 2L to 50L
  • AMBR 15 and 250 systems
  • ATF perfusion systems
  • Triple ToF 6600, 6500Q-ToF and UNIFILC-MS
  • Orbitrap Elite MS, Fusion Tribrid MS
  • QExactive MS, Xevo G2-S-Q-ToF MS
  • Ultraflex MALDI-ToF-ToF MS
  • AKTA Avant, Pilot and Crossflow
  • Analytical, micro and nano HPLC, UHPLC systems
  • Janus automated workstation