Report 13/04/10
Millipore R&D centre
By: Nagesh Wagadare

Welcome by Clifton Nigan (Product development manger, Millipore)

Presentation by Prof. Remko Boom- Introduction about Wageningen University and goal of PhD study report. The research activity of food process engineering group with respect to membrane processing technology was presented.

Presentation by three PhD students from Wageningen

1.Nirmal Patil- Mild isolation and fractionation of biomolecules
It was about membrane cascade technology for downstream processing and separation of biomolecules.
2.Norhan Naddy- Enzymatic modification of polymeric membrane
3.Martijntje Vollebregt - Mild isolation of emulsion and suspension.
A mechanism of particle separation and fractionation by shear induced diffusion was presented. A predictive model was described for efficient separation.


Presentation by Clifton Nigan (Product development manger)
A short history of Millipore was described. The theme of Millipore research is primarily focused on membrane application in life science, filtration, drug discovery development and technology solution for multiple points in manufacturing process. Different innovation in bioreactor, resins, virus filtration was presented.

Lab tour- There was complete tour of lab. We saw different analytical methods related to membrane applications, membrane and module design. An advanced scanning electron microscope for characterization of membrane morphology and plenty of discussion with technician and people for scientific exchange of information. Millipore acknowledged the visit of Wageningen and really looking forward for future research collaborations.