Publication type: Conference poster
Type of review: Peer review (abstract)
Title: Automated cell line characterization in shake flasks for multiple organisms
Authors: Maschke, Rüdiger
Pretzner, Barbara
John, Gernot T.
Herwig, Christoph
Eibl, Dieter
et. al: No
Conference details: 7th BioProScale Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 28-31 March 2022
Issue Date: 28-Mar-2022
Language: English
Subjects: Shake flask; Cell line characterization
Subject (DDC): 660.6: Biotechnology
Abstract: Shaken Erlenmeyer flasks are a commonly used cultivation system in biotechnology and are regularly employed in early-stage process development (e.g., inoculum production, media development, and strain characterization). However, they are mostly used as black box systems without the sensoring capabilities a stirred tank bioreactor can provide. Several measurement systems have been developed to overcome this issue, but there is still a lack of comparability or a uniform, automated approach to using online data for process characterization in shake flasks. To overcome this, we compared online backscattered light, dissolved oxygen, and pH data for plant, animal, E. coli, and S. cerevisiae cultivations using the PreSens SFR vario. With these data, key performance indicators (KPIs), such as the specific growth rate and the cell-specific oxygen demand, were evaluated automatically. For algorithm validation, manually calculated KPIs based on offline biomass data, online data and algorithm-based automatically calculated KPIs using online data were compared. The developed algorithm is based on Python and searches for the exponential phase in the corresponding online signal. The exponential fit set by the algorithm and the observed signal were compared and the fit optimized so that the root-mean-square error was as low as possible. With this technique, an accurate estimation of the growth rate and further calculation of the cell-specific oxygen demand can be performed using either the oxygen uptake rate or a biomass estimation based on the backscattered light signal. This enables the comparison and evaluation of different media, strains, and process conditions in a standardized cost-effective and automated manner, reducing human effort and errors.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/26859
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Not specified
Departement: Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit: Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology (ICBT)
Published as part of the ZHAW project: Intellishaker
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Maschke, R., Pretzner, B., John, G. T., Herwig, C., & Eibl, D. (2022, March 28). Automated cell line characterization in shake flasks for multiple organisms. 7th BioProScale Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 28-31 March 2022.
Maschke, R. et al. (2022) ‘Automated cell line characterization in shake flasks for multiple organisms’, in 7th BioProScale Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 28-31 March 2022.
R. Maschke, B. Pretzner, G. T. John, C. Herwig, and D. Eibl, “Automated cell line characterization in shake flasks for multiple organisms,” in 7th BioProScale Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 28-31 March 2022, Mar. 2022.
MASCHKE, Rüdiger, Barbara PRETZNER, Gernot T. JOHN, Christoph HERWIG und Dieter EIBL, 2022. Automated cell line characterization in shake flasks for multiple organisms. In: 7th BioProScale Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 28-31 March 2022. Conference poster. 28 März 2022
Maschke, Rüdiger, Barbara Pretzner, Gernot T. John, Christoph Herwig, and Dieter Eibl. 2022. “Automated Cell Line Characterization in Shake Flasks for Multiple Organisms.” Conference poster. In 7th BioProScale Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 28-31 March 2022.
Maschke, Rüdiger, et al. “Automated Cell Line Characterization in Shake Flasks for Multiple Organisms.” 7th BioProScale Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 28-31 March 2022, 2022.


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