- Life & Medical Sciences
(+34) 946 430 850 (International calls)
A 100 m² facility comprising three separate areas: a biotechnology laboratory, a pilot equipment laboratory, and a microbiology cleanroom.
The facility covers the entire process, from microorganism selection to the scale-up of biotechnological processes for the production of bioactive compounds, biopolymers, and microorganisms of interest.
It also maintains its own collection of microorganisms isolated from various sources.
Equipment
- There is equipment for selecting microorganisms up to the optimisation and scaling-up of biotechnological processes and characterisation of the products obtained:
- Orbital incubators, centrifuges, ovens and autoclaves for optimising parameters and culture media, growing microorganisms, and/or obtaining compounds of interest.
- 2, 5 and 40-litre bioreactors operating in discontinuous, semi-continuous and continuous mode, for scaling-up processes.
- Reactors with stirring and temperature control for selecting enzymes and establishing enzymatic reactions.
- Climatic chamber.
- Microplate spectrophotometer.
- Clean room equipment:
- Type IIA biosafety cabinet.
- Microanaerophilic cabinet for working with microorganisms with strict oxygen requirements.
- Homogeniser for grinding solid food samples.
- It has its own collection of isolated microorganisms from various sources. It is complemented by the following processes:
- Physically and chemically analysing cultures.
- Protecting and stabilising ingredients and micro-organisms.
- Carrying out in vitro studies.
- Validating products obtained.
- Fermentation and cell culture at laboratory and pilot scale
- Bioprocess optimisation and scale-up
- Enzymatic reactions
- Microorganism isolation and characterisation
- Protection and stabilisation of ingredients and microorganisms
- In vitro validation studies
Aimed at:
- Manufacturers of food ingredients and additives
- Manufacturers of nutritional supplements and nutraceuticals
- Biotechnology companies
- Functional food producers
- Suppliers of microorganisms.
TECNALIA
Alava Science and Technology Park, Leonardo Da Vinci, 11, E-01510, Vitoria-Gasteiz (Araba/Álava)
Biotechnology and Genetics:
- Biotechnology, Biological Processes and Systems
- Healthcare Technologies
Application sectors
- Agrifood industry
- Pharmaceuticals and genetics
Industrial plan
- HAZI · Healthcare and Biosanitary Sector
