Welcome To
WPI Bioprocess Center
About us
The WPI BPC offers contract bioprocessing services for clients looking to outsource or partners on R&D projects. BPC is equipped with State-of the Art facilities and skilled scientists well versed in GMP process and cutting-edge new technologies, leading customized, small & pilot scales bioprocess services.
Services customized
- Process development and optimization of fermentation and purification processes
- Primary recovery
- Biomass homogenization and lysis
- Small-scale production for quality assessment
- Strain development of microbial systems
- Fermentation media development
- Scale-up development
- Assay development
- Sample freeze drying
Real Word Impact
Dyax Corp. headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., outsourced fermentation process work at the WPI BioProcess Center. The center’s team used a high yield production process that led to innovation in the biopharmaceutical industry. The company received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for KALBITOR (ECALLANTIDE), a potent, selective, and reversible plasma kallikrein inhibitor for the treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE).
Specialize in proprietary processes for production of recombinant proteins, DNA, small molecules, and living cells using microbial expression systems, including bacteria (E. coli, Bacillus subtilis, Streptomyces), yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pichia pastoris), and filamentous fungi.