Lena Schober
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Germany
Title: Flexibility for automated cell based assays
Biography
Biography: Lena Schober
Abstract
The use of automated systems for biological tasks is in great demand. Nevertheless, there are a lot of barriers at the moment limiting the successful application of automated systems. By the lack of fl exibility and the demand for skilled computer scientists & engineers just the two main aspects stated by experts shall be mentioned. Th e Fraunhofer IPA has a strong background on automated cell culture technologies. Th e expertise, gained in the successful “tissue-factory” light-house project, let us rethink the overall process chain and overcome established principles. A concept that has a strong link to current industry 4.0 concepts and applies a seamless integration throughout the value-added chain will be presented. The main idea is to provide maximal transparency through digitalization and the design of smart automates. Th e interface to the customer-pharmaceutical company, regulatory board or consumer is the disruptive change with regard to state of the art attempts. Starting with the vision of full transparency down to the bench, the overall infrastructure and test processes need to be reconsidered.
