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INTRODUCTION TO FERMENTATION – Session in English

Durée

4.5 days – 32 hours

Sessions
  • 2 - 6 (am) février 2026 en présentiel à Lyon

Frais d’inscription
(déjeuner inclus)

€ 2,375 (excluding VAT)

Prérequis & public concerné

Technicians or any professionals wishing to learn about the implementation and operation of fermentation processes.

Objectifs

Introduce the fundamentals of microbial growth as a basis for understanding industrial fermentation technologies.
Provide hands-on training in conducting fermentation processes at the laboratory scale..
Participants should have prior knowledge of aseptic practices and a sufficient mathematical background (including logarithmic functions).

Contenu pédagogique

THEORY

Biological material

  • Microbial strains: bacteria, yeasts, molds
  • Nutrition and growth

Operation of fermenters

Kinetics

  • Biomass production
  • Metabolite production
  • Substrate consumption

Production curves and calculations

  • Analysis of production curves
  • Calculation of representative culture parameters
  • Yield and productivity calculations

Industrial applications of fermentation

Industrial fermenters and maintenance

PRACTICAL WORK

  • Operation of laboratory fermenters
  • Monitoring a culture in a fermenter: biomass and/or metabolite production
  • Use of biological material: bacteria and/or yeast
  • Physico-chemical monitoring: pH, temperature, oxygen…
  • Microbiological monitoring: biomass estimation
  • Biochemical monitoring: substrate/metabolite follow-up
  • Case studies of common process malfunctions

Coordonnées

CPE Lyon Formation Continue

41 rue Garibaldi – 69006 LYON

04.72.32.50.60