I’ve been working on a beta-lactam production project for some time now and at the moment my main concern is the separation and purification part of my industrial bioprocess.

While designing my bioprocess and the components that will make up the production line, I’m forced to research papers for information on the best practices and results achieved.

What makes things very difficult is that since I’ve never had any real hands-on experience with such industry, certain things don’t really match up when I confront the theory and practice.

I’ve found that my options seem to be well made and based on proper assumptions but after some chatting with professionals in the area, they always have some inside info that bring me back to the drawing board.

I’ve also noticed that there is no real industrial bioprocessing community available online like that is found for the life sciences (e.g. biology, genetics, etc)