Objectives

Electroextraction was formally launched in the first part of 2009 at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany. The Project is co-financed by the European Commission, its total budget has reached 1.4 million EUR, and will cover a 2-year period.

Project

The application of electroextraction and direct sorption with EBA slashes down production costs, increases final product quality, and accelerates time to market.

Partners

Jacobs University Bremen, Germany (Downstream Bioprocessing Laboratory); Sofia University, Bulgaria (Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology); Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, France; Biomedal S.L., Spain; BETAtech, France; ROMB, Bulgaria; Organo Balance, Germany

Electroextraction as a Novel Technology

In March 2009, PharmaTec Magazine highlighted the importance of Electroextraction as a vehicle for efficient Downstream Bioprocessing of biopharmaceutical proteins.

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The Economic Significance of Electorextraction

Protein electroextraction will be introduced in industrial practice as an easy, selective, and economic method for intracellular product release with minimal product damage.

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Objectives

In many cases yeast are able to synthesise bioproducts, which accumulate in the intracellular space. Gentle liberation of those (labile) products as enzymes and recombinant proteins poses technological difficulties.

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