LEVEL 5 TRAINING PROGRAMME
PART-TIME PROGRAMME
TRAINING BASE: CARRIGALINE
Block 1: Introduction, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Cell Culture Scale-up,
Bioreactor Design Principles, Bioreactor Operations and Control. Bioreactor
Disposable Technologies.
TOPIC
Week 1.
Intro to
Bioprocessing.
Over view of
course.
Tour of training
facility.
DURATION
DATE
LOCATION
DELIVERER
½ day theory.
Sat. May
28th
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UQ
Principles of
Cell Biology.
Week 2.
Principles of
Microbiology.
Cell Culture
Techniques.
½ day theory.
1½ day theory.
Friday 3rd
June
Sat. June 4th
CARRIGALINE
UQ
1 day theory.
Sat. June
11th
CARRIGALINE
KC
Week 3.
Bioreactor
Operations.
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Block 2: Bioreactor Operations and Controls; NIBRT Cell Culture Lab. in Dublin.
Protein Purification Technologies, Downstream Processing.
TOPIC
Weeks 4.
Bioreactor
Operations –
theory,
practicals and
assessments.
Weeks 5.
Bioreactor
Operations –
theory,
practicals and
assessments.
Week 6.
NIBRT Cell
Culture
Laboratory in
Dublin. Cell
growth, Cell
counting
techniques,
Aseptic transfer,
Bioreactor
inoculation, Vicell operation,
Bioanalyser
operation and
analysis.
Week 7.
Introduction and
Downstream
Processing
Theory.
Weigh and
dispense /
media-buffer
preparation /
WFI usage.
Week 8.
Downstream
Processing
Theory Contd.
DURATION
DATE
LOCATION
DELIVERER
1 day – theory
practicals and
assessments.
Sat. June
18th
CARRIGALINE
KC
1 day – theory
practicals and
assessments.
Sat June
25th
CARRIGALINE
AF
1 day practical.
Sat. July
2nd
NIBRT Lab.
Dublin.
1 day – theory,
practical and
assessments.
Sat. July
9th
CARRIGALINE
PALL
1 day - theory
and practical
and
assessments.
Sat. July
16th
CARRIGALINE
PALL
Downstream
Filtration
Practical incl.
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Filter Design
and Filter
Integrity Testing.
Week 9.
Purification
processes Protein
Purification /
Separation
Techniques /
Column Design /
Packing /
Chromatography
Systems.
1 days - theory
and practical
and
assessments.
Sat. July
23rd
3
CARRIGALINE
PALL
LEVEL 5 TRAINING PROGRAMME
Block 3: Sterilisation / Sanitisation Techniques, Cleanroom Technologies,
Formulation and Fill Finish, Regulatory Affairs / Validation, Revision and Theory
Exam.
TOPIC
Week 10.
Sterilisation
Techniques /
Cleaning and
Sanitisation /
Autoclaving.
Week 11.
Clean room
Operations /
HVAC Systems.
Cleanroom
Environmental
Monitoring.
Week 12.
Formulation and
Fill Finish
Systems.
DURATION
DATE
LOCATION
DELIVERER
1 day theory,
practical and
assessment.
Sat. Aug 6th
CARRIGALINE KC
1 day theory,
practical and
assessment.
Sat. Aug
13th
CARRIGALINE KC
½ day –
theory.
Sat. Aug
20th
CARRIGALINE AF
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Lyophilisation
Systems.
½ day –
theory.
Week 13.
Course
Revision.
1 day – theory
revision.
Sat. Aug
27th
Week 14.
Course
Assessment.
1/2 day theory exam.
Sat. 3rd Sept CARRIGALINE UQ
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