With our Fast Trak™ education, you can access application training in specialized bioprocessing techniques. The courses provide a tangible learning experience for process development and manufacturing scientists, relevant to everyday work.
Our global Fast Trak™ training schedule may change based on emerging information in the COVID-19 situation. We will update this web page as frequently as possible.
To ensure your safety and follow government guidelines, we may need to reschedule a course after you have registered. We will contact you right away if this happens. If you’re unable to attend on the new date, you may choose to send a colleague in your place, attend another course, or have your course fees refunded. If we cancel the course, you will be notified as soon as possible and will receive a full refund of paid fees.
If you’re interested in our training but are unable to travel, we can deliver some of the course lectures to you through an online platform. To inquire about this customized online training, please contact your regional Fast Trak™ center.
We are committed to ensuring the health and safety of our colleagues and customers while also continuing to meet your needs for bioprocessing training. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Munich, Germany courses may differ in scope and length of courses. Please contact your regional Fast Trak™ center for latest calendar information on all courses. Further course information, including our cancellation policy, can be found in General course information
Duration: 3.5 days
This course covers bioreactor cultivation and upstream process development strategy
using single-use equipment. You will learn how to optimize processes and monitor
critical parameters for scale-up.
We also discuss validation and process design considerations for good manufacturing
practice (GMP).
Practical sessions include bioreactor inoculation and evaluation of cell culture
performance using analytical techniques. You will develop a medium and feed
strategy based on cell metabolism and scale it up using key engineering principles.
Duration: 3.5 days
This course covers bioreactor cultivation and upstream process development
strategy using single-use equipment at pilot scale (up to 200L scale). You will
learn how to optimize processes and monitor critical parameters for scale-up. It
you help to learn how to establish a pilot production process for your preclinical
sample production including validation and process design considerations for
good manufacturing practice (GMP).
Practical sessions include bioreactor inoculation and evaluation of cell culture
performance using analytical techniques. You will develop a medium and feed
strategy based on cell metabolism and scale it up using key engineering principles.
Duration: 3 days
Learn downstream processing techniques suitable for large-scale protein purification
and considerations for process development. The course provides understanding of
the techniques and parameters governing separation.
You will operate lab-scale ÄKTA avant systems using a variety of chromatography
resins to separate and purify a crude feed.
Duration: 5 days
This hands-on course covers advanced downstream processing design, optimization,
and troubleshooting of chromatographic processes. The training is geared towards
strategic thinking. The focus is on design and optimization of critical operating parameters
involved in developing a scalable, economic, and robust chromatographic process.
Related topics covered include process hygiene, column maintenance routines, and
scale-up issues. You will develop a three-step chromatographic process. You will also
optimize the process for purity, recovery, and productivity suitable for manufacturing scale.
Duration: 3 days
Understand advanced late stage process development, scale-up, and transfer. This
course will cover process design and optimization for production. It will provide
an introduction to validation and column packing. The importance of safety and
economic issues related to automation will also be discussed.
You will optimize conditions in a two-step process and work on maintaining separation
performance at increasing scales. Group exercises and discussions will focus on
”real-life” scale-up issues, complementing the hands-on work.
Duration: 3 days
This course gives an introduction to design of experiments (DoE) principles and the
statistical terms associated with them. We will also discuss different DoE designs
and the process of evaluating results.
Hands-on exercises will provide experience in evaluating various pre-generated DoE
data files. You will also set up and run your own DoE experiment on an ÄKTA avant
system, assess potential responses, and evaluate the results.
Duration: 4 days
Get an introduction to mAbs and current challenges involved in biopharmaceutical
production. You will learn general purification strategies focusing on platform
processes using affinity chromatography for capture. We will also discuss polishing
steps, including multimodal techniques for key contaminant removal.
In the practical session, you will define operating conditions for a human mAb process
optimized for yield, productivity, and process economy. Biosimilars, analytical techniques,
and manufacturing-scale considerations for purification of mAbs will also be discussed.
Duration: 3 days
This hands-on course focuses on optimizing large-scale column packing and handling
methods as well as testing and maintenance of chromatography resins in large-scale
columns. We will address factors influencing separation performance and the relationship
to reproducibility, stability, and economy in an industrial manufacturing setting.
You will pack and test large-scale columns, with different design features and
dimensions, using several types of chromatography resins.
This hands-on course focuses on optimizing small-scale column packing, handling methods as well as testing and maintenance of chromatography resins. We will address factors influencing separation performance and the relationship to reproducibility and stability. You will pack and test small-scale columns, with different design features and dimensions, using several types of chromatography resins.
COL2 is also available as a virtual class
This course provides both classroom and laboratory instruction within cell therapy processes and cell manufacturing under good manufacturing practice (GMP) procedures. Divided into upstream, cell expansion, and downstream applications, practical laboratory sessions will provide beginning-to-end technical knowledge and training on industry standard equipment and reagents. Guidance to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) development will also be discussed. Templates for SOPs are provided upon request.
This section of the CELLT1 course is presented in collaboration with the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research & Training (NIBRT).
This course provides both classroom and laboratory instruction within cell therapy processes and cell manufacturing under good manufacturing practice (GMP) procedures. Divided into upstream, cell expansion, and downstream applications, practical laboratory sessions will provide beginning-to-end technical knowledge and training on industry standard equipment and reagents. Guidance to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) development will also be discussed. Templates for SOPs are provided upon request.
Duration: 3 days
Learn both basic and more advanced UNICORN programming. The basic overview
covers aspects like user and system set-up, manual control, performing runs, editing
method, creating methods using block programming as well as use of air sensors
and alarms or warnings. The overview is followed by more advanced programming
instruction, such as conditional programming, watch commands, and start protocols.
Advanced evaluation procedures, importing/exporting data, comparing results and developing reports are also covered. Optimization of system variables, networking and validation issues will be discussed.
UNI1 is also available as a virtual class
Duration: 3 days
This class offers a well-balanced combination of theory and practice for those who want to better understand their ÄKTA system and the UNICORN software. In the course lectures, you’ll learn about ÄKTA preparation and maintenance, UNICORN system control and method editing, and how to troubleshoot common chromatography errors. Then, with hands-on work in the laboratory, you’ll purify enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) to gain practical experience in system preparation, method programming, performing a chromatography run, and evaluating the results.
This course is also available as a virtual class which is run in parallel with the lab-based class.
Duration: 2 days
Learn both basic and advanced UNICORN programming with this on-demand, interactive virtual class. The basic overview covers aspects like user and system set up, manual control, performing runs, editing methods, creating methods using block programming as well as use of air sensors and alarms or warnings. The overview is followed by more advanced programming instruction, such as conditional programming, watch commands, and start protocols. This virtual class offers many opportunities for students to learn directly from the instructor, with a low teacher-student ratio (1:3) and an additional review session after the completion of the course.
Duration: 2 half days
This virtual class focuses on live demonstrations of optimizing small-scale column packing, handling methods as well as testing and maintenance of chromatography resins. We will address factors influencing separation performance and the relationship to reproducibility and stability. We will demonstrate how to pack and test small-scale columns (Tricorn™/XK/HiScale™) with different design features and dimensions, using several types of chromatography resins.
Join this virtual class to learn about membrane separation techniques used in bioprocessing, with emphasis on tangential flow filtration techniques using open and/or screen channel devices. The course provides a general understanding of the scientific principles of tangential flow filtration used in upstream and downstream processing, optimization of operating parameters, and scale-up. In a remote practical session, we will guide you through membrane preparation and a typical protein concentration/diafiltration process step using the AKTAflux s semi-automated lab-scale system.
Duration: 2 days
Join this virtual course to learn how to use the BIAevaluation and BIAcontrol software for your Biacore system. An overview of the control software covers aspects like system set-up, manual run set-up, wizard templates, creating and editing methods, important commands for sanitization and routine maintenance of the system, and do’s and don'ts of experiments. This overview is followed by analyzing data sets in evaluation. The evaluation software training will include visualization of data, high throughput analysis, concentration determination, IC50 determination, and immunogenicity data analysis.
Duration: 2 days
Join this virtual lecture series to discover downstream processing (DSP) techniques for large-scale protein purification. This course covers the basic theoretical concepts required for process development. In the day 1 session, you’ll gain an understanding of the diverse chromatography techniques used in downstream optimization. The sessions on day 2 focus on purification strategy development with an emphasis on critical parameters for process optimization. The course also covers important topics required to set up and run a purification protocol, such as running and operating ÄKTA systems, using UNICORN software, and maintaining systems, resins, and columns.
In this level 1 course, you will acquaint yourself with the current healthcare status and role of biopharma industry. You will learn about different types of biotherapeutics used to fight disease, ranging from small molecules like insulin to large molecules like monoclonal antibodies. You will get an overview of the different drug development phases and the role of global and national regulatory agencies. The course also covers some of the challenges faced by the biopharma industry.
In this level 2 course, you will learn to identify process capabilities needs in order to produce the required quality and quantity of biotherapeutics—with patient safety and drug effectiveness in focus. The course describes the role of quality by design as per ICH guidelines in bioprocess development. You will learn about the different stages in biologics production and strategies used to prevent product and process related impurities.
In this level 2 course, you will learn about the principles of preparative chromatography for protein purification and how to perform it. You’ll familiarize yourself with different types of columns and stationary phases, learn more about chromatographic techniques, and explore chromatography performance factors. This course also covers purification strategies and various modes of chromatographic operations. You will explore the methods and challenges of scaling up from lab to production scale.
This course provides virtual classroom instruction within cell therapy processes and cell manufacturing under good manufacturing practice (GMP) procedures. Divided into upstream, cell expansion, and downstream applications, this course will provide deep technical knowledge on industry standard equipment and reagents. It will walk the user through typical workflow steps within cell therapy manufacturing, covering items like cell isolation, expansion, harvesting, and cryopreservation. Guidance to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) development will also be discussed. Templates for SOPs are provided upon request.
Duration: 3 days
This interactive virtual class offers a well-balanced combination of theory and practice for those who want to better understand their ÄKTA system and the UNICORN software. In the course lectures, you’ll learn about ÄKTA preparation and maintenance, UNICORN system control and method editing, and how to troubleshoot common chromatography errors. Then, with hands-on homework to be performed at your own laboratory, you’ll purify bovine serum albumin (BSA) to gain practical experience in system preparation, method programming, performing a chromatography run, and evaluating the results. Cytiva will provide you with the consumables required to perform this homework.
This course is also available as a lab-based class which is run in parallel with the virtual class.
For more virtual courses, browse Cytiva’s catalog of life science online courses.
Biacore basics is a course both for users new to SPR, those who have never been formally trained or users with prior experience that want to familiarize themselves with a new platform type. In this class, we cover the technologies behind Biacore systems, assay development, best practices in basic experimental design and the most common applications run on today’s Biacore systems
This course is intended for users interested in binding kinetics who have already attended Biacore basics. The course is available for Biacore T100/T200, 3000, S200 and X100 systems. We focus on the design and optimization of kinetic and affinity experiments, and evaluation of kinetic and affinity data using the Biacore evaluation software. In addition, we will include the use of BIAsimulation software for design of kinetic and affinity experiments.
Our global team of bioprocessing experts can provide guidance for existing unit operations as well as support in designing new processes that meet current regulatory demands and reduce time-to-market by:
Duration: 8 to 10 days
This course provides training on FlexFactory equipment, consumables, and automation at your qualified
FlexFactory site. Training will be focused on day-to day-operation of the various components of the
FlexFactory platform. This includes set-up and installation of consumables, connection and transfer
between unit operations, start-up and running in automated mode, as well as troubleshooting. The course
is developed for operators and those involved in daily operation of a FlexFactory platform.
Duration: 5 days
This course is designed for the novice Wonderware user to become familiar with Batch recipe functionality, FlexFactory phases, and Dream Report Studio functionality. Through a combination of lectures and practical hands-on sessions, you’ll learn how to create, modify, and execute recipes and reports from start to finish. For a real-life application, bring your process requirements to create your own recipe or edit an existing one. This course is applicable to Batch and phases created in the FlexFactory Wonderware software platform, versions 1.04 and above.
Learn about membrane separation techniques used in bioprocessing with emphasis on cross flow filtration (CFF) techniques using open and/or screen channel devices. The course provides a general understanding of optimization, cleaning, validation, and scale‑up. In the practical sessions, you will learn basic methods, including membrane preparation, air diffusion, and integrity testing. You will also conduct experiments on optimizing clarification and concentration/diafiltration steps.
Please contact your regional Fast Trak center for custom courses and the latest calendar updates.
"The infrastructure in the training was very intuitive and insightful. The equipment is phenomenal, I really enjoyed the class. I am going to take a lot of these techniques that I learned back with me to the plant and work with our technical and PD groups. The key takeaway from COL1 is how to properly pack a column, how to use the instrumentation and equipment that’s available to us and how to implement those back at our facility."
"I hoped to get out of the course column packing and qualification techniques, but also get to use that equipment to apply that theory in a practical application with hands on experience offline so not to interrupt manufacturing at our site. The overall experience of the trainers and the facilities was fantastic. We got to see a lot of different pieces from old to brand new. The instructors were incredibly knowledgeable, they answered almost every single question that we could come up with."
"I learned how you can use mathematical calculations, formulas and diagrams to scale up to a manufacturing column or scale down a PD column with the same resin type with the same size. The equipment here is state of the art, latest and greatest available to us in the industry and makes our jobs a lot easier in using the equipment. It reduces human error which is fantastic and you need that reproducibility every time to be the same."
"Most often customer come to us they realize the importance of multi modal chromatography. They enjoy learning this technique, wherein you make use of different characteristics of your protein and separate your protein based on two or three different aspects and they learn new tools such as high throughput process development and how they can use these techniques to develop a process faster and better."
"One challenge that customers are facing is the scaling up of upstream processes which is non linear and the cells are also non linear in their behavior, so this combined can provide an increased challenge when scaling up. Customers attending an upstream course at Fast Trak can expect to be trained on the Cytiva equipment but also on best practices for process control in upstream work. We teach all the peripherals needed to conduct upstream process development, including metabolism rate calculations and how these relate to a successful culture maintenance."
Course facilities are located across the world. They are equipped with teaching labs furnished with our latest products and equipment. The Fast Trak™ regional centers are located in the USA, Sweden, Korea, India, and China. Satellite centers are found in Germany, and Japan.