Bioprocess Services: Knowledge Institute: AccessTraining Course: Operator Certification for Pilot and Process Chromatography Column Packing (TRCHROPCER)

Operator Certification for Pilot and Process Chromatography Column Packing

Overview (TRCHROPCER - Two - day course)
Using a combination of theory, workshops and hands-on practical sessions, this course provides a review of key chromatography process steps and focuses on the methodology to successfully combine equipment with chromatographic media to give reproducible column and separation performance.

What will you be able to do after attending this course?

Understand the fundamentals of chromatography required to properly pack chromatography columns and assess their performance.
Identify the components required in well designed chromatography columns and their influence on column performance.
Pack and unpack different size columns under GMP conditions.
Employ several methods for manual and automatic column packing.
Use advanced troubleshooting techniques to review column and media performances.
Understand the causes of poor or irreproducible column performance.
Match column performance issues with suggested preventative actions.

What will you receive?

A full set of course notes.
A certificate to show the course has been successfully completed. The assessment comes from the results of the workshop and a practical quiz.

Who should attend?
The course is designed primarily for operators and engineers responsible for chromatographic column operation in the production of a reliable and reproducible product.

Hands-on practical section
The practical sessions use a range of chromatography columns and media commonly found in today’s biopharmaceutical processes and covers how to:

Manually pack and unpack pilot and process scale columns.
Automatically pack and unpack an industrial column.
Measure separation and column efficiency performance criteria.

Course Program

Day 1 *9:00 – 18:00

Introduction.
Review of chromatography fundamentals.
Chromatography column component review.
Column demonstration workshop.
Evaluating column and media performance.
Column packing and unpacking techniques.
Column packing - Exercise 1.

*Includes two coffee breaks and lunch both days.

Day 2 *8:30 – 17:00

Summary of Day 1.
Chromatography column performance workshop.
Column packing - Exercise 2.
Troubleshooting chromatography columns.
Column packing - Exercise 3.
Certification test.
Conclusion.

Dates and Locations: Click here
For logistic reasons this training will be held only in our EMD Millipore training facilities.

Enrollment limited to 9 participants
Due to the interactive nature of this course, enrollment is limited to 9. We recommend early booking to ensure a place.

Ordering information
Catalogue number: TRCHROPCER

Price
Please contact your local EMD Millipore representative or send an email to accessknowledge@merckgroup.com for a quote.

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