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COVID-19 measures

Following the new guidelines from the Federal Government, we must inform you about the safety protocol for meetings and events. The following measures are effective as from November 1st 2021:

Mouth mask: all participants will have to wear a mouth mask during the event. Except when eating/drinking in the catering area.
Covid Safe Ticket (CST):

All attendees will need to present a Covid Safe Ticket before entering the venue. We will scan the QR code on your phone. Please visit www.covidsafe.be for more information on the Covid Safe Ticket.

At the entrance of the meeting room/catering area, there will be hand sanitizers to disinfect your hands when entering/leaving the room.
We will provide individually packed lunches.
During the coffee breaks and lunch, the room will be properly ventilated.

Price & availability

VIB€ 0,00Tickets: 0

Flemish Academics & Researchers€ 41,32Tickets: 0

Non-Flemish Academics & Researchers€ 41,32Tickets: 0

Industry€ 248,00Tickets: -4

VAT is not included in price

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live training

Recombinant Protein Expression

Target Audience:

All VIB staff

Location:

3Square, Ghent

General context

This training will guide the attendees through the key points to consider when one wants to produce and purify high quantities of functional proteins such as antibodies for non-clinical experimental use or as biotherapeutics.

Objectives

The training will start with an introduction on the available recombinant protein expression systems, with their advantages and limitations, from which to choose for your favorite protein. Also, high-throughput protein expression, expression in plant cells, antibody and nanobody expression and a difficult-to-express protein case will be discussed. A next session will focus on strategy design to optimize protein purification and how to address quality assurance of the purified proteins. For clinical use of a protein-based biological stability and production yields are critical issues that come on top of the desired therapeutic efficacy. Why and how to deal with these critical aspects will be addressed as well during the training. Furthermore, also the key steps that are required for optimal protein formulation will be reviewed.

Event intended for

This training targets scientists who want to learn about the latest developments in recombinant protein expression and purification. It is aimed at PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, technicians or other scientists with a molecular biology background.

Scientific committee

Jurgen Haustraete, VIB Protein Core, Ghent

Xavier Saelens, VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology

Hannes Vanhaeren, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology

Extra information

Participation is free for VIB participants.
Registration fee for Academics from Universities and Research Centers is € 50 (21% VAT incl.).
Registration fee for participants of EU-LIFE partner institutes is € 50 (21% VAT incl.).
Registration fee for industry is € 300 (21% VAT incl.).
Note that upon no-show without valid justification you will be blacklisted for the VIB training program for 1 year and for VIB participants the reimbursement of the catering costs (€ 50) will be charged to the research group. Click here for more information.
Specific COVID-19 measures: VIB Training follows the rules of the Belgian Government. This implies that to participate in this training, we will scan your Covid Safe Ticket at the reception desk. More information can be found here.