Institute for International Research

Cell Line Development & Engineering, the ONLY event in North America providing full coverage of the latest advances through novel approaches, tools and technologies, took place on June 22 - 24, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla in San Diego, CA. The program delivered on its promise to provide attendees with the latest approaches to optimizing expression levels, productivity, manufacturability and quality while accelerating cell line development.

Industry experts and world-renowned academics shared the latest approaches to help attendees overcome key bottlenecks impacting cell line engineering as well as their insider strategies for the expression of novel molecules and how they are overcoming the challenges of hard-to-express proteins that do not fit their platforms.

Program highlights included:

• Keynote Address: The Impact of High Cell Culture Titers on Manufacturing Plant Design and Process Economics by Matthew S. Croughan, Ph.D., George B. and Joy Rathmann Professor, Director of the Amgen Bioprocessing Center, Keck Institute
• Featured Case Study Presentation: Implementation of Automated Workflows in Cell Line Development - When and What to Automate by Mark Uden, Ph.D., Head of Mammalian Process Research, GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom
• New Interactive panel provided uncensored insight on improving expression levels, integrating new technologies, media development and feed strategies.
• Exclusive case studies focused on accelerating cell line development, incorporating manufacturing into lead selection, improving process control and applying quality by design
• Delivered in-depth coverage of the latest approaches to maximize expressability and productivity.

Planning is now underway for 2010 - join the priority contact list for the latest updates and announcements on next year's program.