This contributed volume is dedicated towards the progress achieved within the last years in all areas of Cell Culture Engineering and Technology. It comprises contributions of active researchers in the field of cell culture development for the production of recombinant proteins, cell line development, cell therapy and gene therapy, with consideration of media development, process scale-up, reactor design, monitoring and control and model-assisted strategies for process design. The knowledge and expertise of the authors cover disciplines like cell biology, engineering, biotechnology and biomedical sciences.

 

This book is conceived for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and researchers interested in the latest developments in Cell Engineering.

​Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Pörtner is a senior research associate and group leader at Technical University Hamburg, Institute of Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering and Honorary Professor at TH Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences, Giessen. The main research interests of Prof. Pörtner are development and optimization of bioreactor techniques and process strategies, in particular for cell cultures and microbial reactions, including model-based control concepts, and tissue engineering. He has in total published 135 peer-reviewed papers (H-index of 34).