SPI USA, Inc. Licenses UM Technology
Bio-Production Workshop, created by Ed Sybert and Barney Woodard of the University of Maryland, has been exclusively licensed to Baltimore-based SPI USA Inc., which offers consulting and on-site training for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical commercial sectors.
The workshop focuses on the topics of fermentation, cell culture, separations and purification. It is designed to explain why and how bioprocessing is able to produce complex protein products starting from simple microorganisms and cells. The course is presented in practical terms and includes many examples that illustrate the basic principles.
SPI USA plans to offer the Bio-Production course to its clients as a one- or two-day, classroom-only seminar or as a customized, three-day classroom and laboratory workshop for in-house training.
The workshop will give current bio-production workers a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the production process, while those new to bioprocessing will learn the terminology, equipment and processing steps common to protein manufacturing processes.
Sybert is the director of the Biotechnology Industry Program in the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH). He has worked at the University since 1984.
Woodard is the manager of MTECH’s Bioprocess Scale-up Facility and has worked at the University since 1997, when he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology.
SPI USA resulted from a merger of Dr. Antonio Moreira’s more than 25 years of biotechnology experience with a successful European consulting firm committed to fostering technology-based innovation activities. SPI USA is located at the bwtech@UMBC Research & Technology Park at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and is an American company incorporated in the state of Maryland.
Through SPI USA’s technical expertise in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device fields, as well as its knowledge, experience and international networks, the firm has established itself as a reliable and effective provider of tailored consulting and training services.
The Office of Technology Commercialization is the technology transfer office at the University of Maryland and successfully licensed this technology to SPI USA.
Since 1987, OTC has recorded more than 1,400 information, life and physical science invention disclosures; secured more than 270 U.S. patents; and licensed more than 750 technologies to business and industry, which have generated more than $21.7 million in technology transfer income.
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