You have to understand the organism and how it behaves. Researchers document every production step and prepare instructions clients can follow in their own operations. Meagher is pleased NU has the expertise to aid development of potentially beneficial drugs, but pointed out his operation's ongoing role. I think that's doable, especially if they realize we're also educating a workforce for them. Biotechnology companies, especially small operations, could benefit from having such facilities nearby.
Education is another.
Twelve NU undergraduate and three to four graduate students work in the operation's labs and pilot plants. The biological process development team provides protein fermentation, recovery and purification services to academic and industrial clients. This test tube holds a small sample of Pichia pastoris yeast. Pichia pastoris fermentation is the NU team's specialty. The yeast is the workhorse for making recombinant proteins.