Designing and Engineering of Artificial Microbial Consortia (AMC) for Bioprocess: Application Approaches

The workshop on Designing and Engineering of Artificial Microbial Consortia (AMC) for Bioprocess: Application Approaches aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the principles and techniques involved in constructing and optimizing artificial microbial consortia for bioprocessing applications. Participants will delve into the intricate world of microbial interactions, exploring design strategies, and engineering approaches to tailor microbial communities for specific biotechnological tasks. The workshop will cover diverse applications, ranging from environmental remediation to biofuel production.Through a combination of lectures, case studies for sustainable bioproduction.

The aim of the workshop on Designing and Engineering of Artificial Microbial Consortia (AMC) for Bioprocess: Application Approaches is to equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and methodologies involved in the design and optimization of artificial microbial consortia for diverse bioprocessing applications. The workshop seeks to foster expertise in the manipulation of microbial communities through engineering strategies, enabling participants to apply this knowledge to address real-world challenges in fields such as environmental remediation, biofuel production, and other biotechnological processes. Through a combination of theoretical knowledge, the workshop aims to empower participants to contribute to the advancement of sustainable bioproduction by effectively designing and engineering artificial microbial consortia tailored to specific application needs.

Module 1: Concept, designing and engineering of AMC for industrial bioprocesses

• Potential of AMC for the improvement of established microbial consortium
• AMC based novel processes for bioproduction of platform chemicals, biofuels, or pharmaceutical compounds.
• AMC platform for co-cultures, exploration of the interaction mechanisms for the optimization of product enhancement factors
• AMC based solution to bioprocesses that fundamentally face metabolic restrictions or kinetic limitations

Module 2: Parameter optimization, volumetric expansion and product yields for AMC based bioproduction of high value platform chemicals from wastes

• Design and engineering of AMC as per the substrate profile without compromising the product yields
• Volumetric expansion of fermentation, AMC and optimization of eco-biotechnological parameters
• Identification of bioprocess space (ecological niche) & analysis of meta-data of microbial physiologies for the selection of microorganisms

Module 3: Challenges with designing of individual pure cultures, mutual medium and scale up processes

• Design of eco-biotechnological conditions (bioprocess parameters) for cultivating the individual pure cultures
• Designing of mutual medium and optimization in the eco-physiological section
• Scale up Industrial challenges