contract services
GBL has a track record in consultancy and contract research. Contracts are performed on microbial strain and fermentation process development for enzyme and metabolite production.
Resources
- a team of highly qualified scientists
- well-equipped laboratories at our Milton Park site
- over £250k of specialist fermentation equipment
- a unique collection of thermophilic microorganisms
- a comprehensive and searchable database for the culture collection
- unique access to large-scale fermentation at the University of Georgia
Skills
- specialist skills in molecular biology, microbiology and microbial physiology with novel industrial microorganisms such as thermophiles
- experience with a wide range of more conventional microorganisms
Services
- high throughput screens for thermophiles and thermostable enzymes
- microbial expression systems in robust hosts
- metabolic pathway engineering to improve product yield and other strain characteristics
- fermentation process development to improve both yield and productivity
- fermentation scale-up to 800 litres and protein purification facilities
Please contact us for more more information on how GBL can help you meet your R&D objective.
The GBL microbiology lab
The fermentation process