Advanced Modeling of Biomanufacturing Processes

Dear Colleagues,

The ultimate goal of biotechnology is to reach a degree of maturity that would enable a fully integrated, sustainable, bio-based economy with a minimal non-recyclable waste and emissions footprint. At the core of this future manufacturing challenge lies our ability to reliably manipulate cellular function both at the metabolic and the bioprocess engineering level in order to design novel, robust and economically viable bioprocesses. Scientists and Engineers alike highlight the need for sophisticated and robust mathematical modelling approaches to expedite developments and facilitate new discoveries. 

The aim of this special issue of Processes is to attract high-quality original research contributions and review articles in the field of advanced bioprocess modeling of bio-based manufacturing processes. This could include multi-scale modelling approaches and/or rigorous hybrid modelling approaches that combine two or more sub-models to capture experimental and/or mechanistic information at various scales (e.g. molecular/multi-omics, kinetic/polymerization, metabolic/pathway, population balance, macroscopic/mechanistic, computational fluid dynamics, bioreactor, plant-wide, techno-economic evaluation and life-cycle-analysis). The objective is to demonstrate the significance of existing and novel simulation tools to qualitatively comprehend and describe complex biochemical and biological mechanisms and quantitatively predict and optimize the production of valuable chemicals, proteins or enzymes. Specific topics for the special issue include but are not limited to: 

• Modeling and intensification of microbial, mammalian, algal and enzymatic production processes.
• Upstream and downstream bioprocess simulation, control and optimization.
• Innovative concepts for integrating multiple models at different scales.
• Advanced numerical methods for model calibration and simulation of complex bio-based systems.
• Analysis and validation of multi-scale models and simulations.
• Integrated multi-scale simulation platforms for whole-process sustainability analysis.

Dr. Giannis Penloglou
Dr. Alexandros Kiparissides
Guest Editors

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