Institut für Bioverfahrenstechnik

URL http://www.ibvt.uni-stuttgart.de/


Biochemical engineering has two central domains:

(i) processing of biological materials and
(ii) processing using biological agents as living cells, enzymes or antibodies.

Biochemical engineering is an interdisciplinary field:

(i) it requires an integrated knowledge of governing biological properties and principles as well as
(ii) of chemical engineering methodology and strategies.

To work at the forefront and to be successful captures the latest, best informations and technologies from both areas and accomplishes new synthesis for bioprocess design, operation, analysis and optimisation.

Classic topics of biochemical engineering are design and analysis of bioreactors, biomass production in cell cultures, instrumentation and control of bioprocesses, and bioproduct recovery, while recent developments are metabolic engineering and biosystems technology.