Training Courses

Learn what sustainability is, how medicines manufacturers are aligning their Environmental, Social and Governance objectives with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, how to integrate sustainability into the key stages of medicines development, and metrics used in the industry to assess environmental and resource impacts.

In this advanced course, trainees develop greater understanding of downstream processing techniques with a particular focus on emerging trends and disruptive technologies. Course content is tailored toward purification strategies for recombinant proteins and AAVs. Learning achieved by lectures, classroom activities and laboratory demonstrations.

This 3-day hands-on training course is designed for professionals and researchers looking to develop expertise in downstream bioprocessing, covering key techniques such as Disc-stack Centrifugation, High-pressure Homogenization, Tangential Flow Filtration (TFF), and Chromatography.

This five-day course provides in-depth training in the benefits, strategies and concepts control in industrial biomanufacturing, including the challenges and operational complexity in maintaining productivity, efficiency, and quality in the bioprocessing environment and on multi-unit production lines. This course moves on from standard control strategies, to look at achieving operational efficiency through state-of-the-art process automation, control, and process analytical technology (PAT).

In this advanced course, trainees develop greater understanding of upstream processing techniques with a particular focus on emerging trends and disruptive technologies. Course content is tailored toward mammalian cell lines, with a larger focus placed on suspension and intensified systems. Learning achieved by lectures, classroom activities and laboratory demonstrations.

This hands-on course teaches laboratory scientists and engineers how to handle and maintain mammalian cells applying appropriate aseptic techniques as well as how to evaluate cell quality using a range of analytical assays.

Blending interactive learning and network building, this course will cover: fundamentals on biology, production and use of ATMP medicines; the clinical landscape of ATMPs in trials and on the market; sources of risk in delivering cell products to the clinic; and clinical user perspectives and workshop.

This module focuses on how to specify a complex bioprocess and determine its economic feasibility.

Focusing on how to take a process from a paper design to a fully-operational facility

This 5-day comprehensive training course offers an end-to-end exploration of the biomanufacturing process, integrating both upstream and downstream operations into a unified, hands-on learning experience. Participants will begin by cultivating a recombinant protein using a microbial expression system in a 30 L stainless steel stirred-tank bioreactor, gaining direct experience in bioreactor setup, sterilisation, inoculation, monitoring, and harvest procedures.

Cell and Gene Therapy is fast becoming an established field that aims to utilize the power of cell-based medicines to deliver new therapies for the 21st Century. However, translating the discovery science into manufacturable products has so far been challenging and so multi-disciplinary engineers who possess unique skills are urgently needed to address the manufacture of these complex medicinal products. This course addresses the real-world challenges of translating discoveries to the clinic in a way that is commercially viable.

The course is aimed at early career professionals and anyone who wants to develop an understanding of upstream biomanufacturing techniques and processes.This 3-day course consists of six lectures, enhanced with practical demonstrations using bench-scale, pilot-scale, and single-use bioreactors. In particular, attendees will gain hands-on fermentation experience using a 30L-scale, stainless steel, stirred tank bioreactor.

Learn the technical, practical and analytical skills to operate protein chromatography systems and to optimise separation parameters. This course provides delegates with an introduction to the basic principles of protein chromatography and the practical experience of operating an AKTA system.

In medicines manufacturing, maintaining strict cleanroom behaviours is absolutely critical to ensure patient safety. Cleanroom and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) behaviours are essential for safeguarding product quality, ensuring efficacy, and meeting regulatory compliance standards. During this two-day, in-person course you will develop an understanding of GMP cleanrooms at different scales, environmental monitoring, contamination control strategies, and health and safety in GMP facilities.

This 5-day course aims to teach the essential mathematical principles and statistical theories that will equip research students and industrial practitioners with the tools to make an instant impact in their respective fields. Case studies and practical examples will reinforce the knowledge acquired and deepen the understanding of various methods and their industrial and/or scientific relevance.

Learn how experimental design techniques can be used to rapidly understand and optimise bioprocess performance.

Learn how to select the best recovery options for your bioprocess by understanding the principles of all the major recovery operations: centrifugation, membrane systems, filtration, cell disruption, precipitation, flocculation. A four-day MBI module from UCL.

In this advanced course, trainees are introduced to the underlying principles behind the use of flow cytometry in advanced therapies research/manufacture. Learning achieved by lectures, classroom activities and hands-on laboratory sessions.

GMP (good manufacturing practice) is the important element of Quality management to ensure medicines manufactured are of highest quality that meets the required regulatory standards. This 2-day in person course is for anyone with an interest in working in Quality in GMP Industry including QC, QA and manufacturing personnel, graduates or research scientists looking to establish their career in GMP/ ATMP industry.

Efficiency, compliance, and precision form the foundation of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in medicines manufacturing. This course will provide practical experience through immersive VR to help you appreciate how the right combination of equipment, materials handling strategies, and process controls come together to meet the sector's stringent regulatory standards and ensure the reliable delivery of safe, high-quality medicines to patients worldwide.

Aimed at anyone with an interest in working in medicines manufacturing, this popular course provides an essential introduction to GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice), Data Integrity and ALCOA+ principles, Method and Process Validation, and much more.

Delivered through two sequential "My Future Plan" workshops, this programme is geared around identifying and nurturing our next generation of medicines manufacturing industry leaders and accelerating personal skills development.

This course, delivered in partnership with Cytiva, will examine process technologies and their operation for end-to-end ATMP production.

This course is aimed at anyone who wants to develop an understanding of theory and techniques in protein purification using fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) on an ÄKTA chromatography system.

Learn how quality, risks, and failures are measured and documented in GMP medicines manufacturing. Over this two-day course you will learn how to apply Quality by Design, identify key quality and process factors, and set up strong Quality Management Systems to ensure safe, consistent products.​

Learn the safe set-up and operation of microbial bioreactors and the underlying techniques of aseptic lab work. This hands-on course is designed to provide delegates with a practical understanding and operation of lab-scale microbial bioreactors.

This 4-day intensive training course is designed for professionals and researchers looking to advance their expertise in large-scale upstream bioprocessing, with a focus on scale-up to 300 L pilot-scale operations. Participants will explore the principles and practical steps involved in scaling microbial cell culture to production-relevant volumes, supported by expert-led lectures, live demonstrations, and hands-on training.

In this introductory course, trainees develop the hands-on skills required to perform within a downstream bioprocessing development role. Course content is tailored toward purification strategies for recombinant proteins and AAVs. Learning achieved lectures, classroom activities and lab based practicals.

In this introductory course, trainees develop the hands-on skills required to perform within an upstream bioprocessing development role. Course content is tailored toward mammalian cell culture of CHO and HEK cells. Learning achieved lectures, classroom activities and lab based practicals.

Focusing on how to specify the process and the fundamentals for characterisation, this module will strengthen your knowledge of fermentation processes and through a series of lectures and case studies.

Dive into Python basics and discover how this powerful tool is shaping medicines manufacturing! In just one hour, you’ll learn foundational coding concepts and see how Python supports data-driven improvements in engineering processes.

Get expert guidance on choosing on how best to integrate QbD, DoE and PAT into lifecycle approach to process characterisation and operation of lab-scale microbial bioreactors. 4-days of training featuring a series of stimulating interactive lectures from experts in the field and teamwork-based activities.

This module focuses on the design and specification of bioreactors and the application of microscale techniques for rapid fermentation process development and scale-up.

The concept of ‘impact’ is increasingly important in research and higher education, but what exactly is it, why is it important, and how might individuals or groups achieve it? . This course helps post-graduates and early-stage researchers explore these questions over the course of an informative, interactive and entertaining day.

Delivered in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this three-day in-person workshop will explore the critical issues at the various stages of vaccine development. International experts will lead delegates in developing their understanding in the research, operational, and regulatory challenges of the vaccine market.