PC2 Industrial Fermentation Laboratory

This fermentation platform is housed inside a modern PC2 fermentation laboratory. Scion’s fermentation platform enables scale up of industrial biotechnology capability to generate microbially-produced products including proteins (enzymes), biopolymers (bioplastics), biofuels and biochemicals. The industrial fermentation platform consists of closed sterilisable vessels in which microbial or biochemical reactions are carried out under a controlled environment (temperature, pH, redox, oxygen content, stirring). Multiple parameters can be explored in 250mL mini reactors, moving up in size once conditions are optimised to 10L and 100L scale, which produces sufficient quantities for downstream processing. The process optimises high cell density yields and hence biomass productivity. The platform has a continuous dairy centrifuge and tangential flow filtration system allowing rapid harvesting of biomass or supernatant containing biofuel or biochemicals secreted into the growth medium. This platform is housed inside our modern PC2 fermentation laboratory. This facility allows research and testing with genetically-modified organisms or imported non-GE production strains with applications for biopolymer and biofuel production. Gas fermentation with CO2/H2 or CH4 + air can be carried out up to 10L scale. Scion works directly with industrial manufacturers and can assist organisations to transition from laboratory to pilot-scale production (1,000L reactor). We can tailor relationships to meet individual customer needs, including services such as specialised testing, troubleshooting, one-on-one confidential research, joint development partnerships and strategic multi-party alliances. Multi-disciplinary research teams can be assembled to provide the full range of skills needed for any given project. We can also call on our national and international partners to help bridge gaps between ideas, research, technologies and commercial needs.