Bioprocess
development
in Industrial
Biotechnology

Biotrend is a research-based company specialized in the development, optimization and scale-up of bioprocesses.

Our advanced services help designing cost-competitive processes that are robust at industrially relevant scales, particularly in the area of industrial and marine biotechnology.

We are experienced in dealing with a wide range of natural or genetically modified microorganisms.

We work with real-life renewable raw-materials to produce a wide range of products, from biomass to chemicals, biopolymers or recombinant enzymes.

Our advanced bioprocessing know-how has been serving clients from small biotech startups to global corporations.

Advanced Services

Process development and optimization

Devise cultivation strategies aiming at maximizing productivities, yields and titers.
Advanced process optimization strategies, based on a thorough understanding of the dynamics of the biological system.
Process integration with raw material pre-processing and with downstream processing.

Process scale-up, de-risking and validation

2L, 10L, 50L and 250L bioreactors available for thorough scale-up studies and process de-risking.
Direct access to facilities from 1,000L to 200,000L fermentation capacity through a network of partners.

Experienced with biodiversity

Bacteria

Actinobacillus succinogenes
Alcaligenes latus
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
Bacillus megaterium
Basfia succiniciproducens
Burkholderia sacchari
Corynebacterium glutamicum
Cupriavidus necator
Cupriavidus taiwanensis
Escherichia coli
Hydrogenophaga pseudoflava
Lactobacillus casei
Lactobacillus reuteri
Mycobacterium sp.
Pseudoalteromonas sp.
Pseudomonas citronellolis
Pseudomonas putida
Pseudomonas sp.
Rhodococcus sp.
Rhodothermus marinus
Sphingomonas sp.
Sphyngopyxis macrogoltabida
Sulfitobacter sp.
Vibrio sp.

Yeasts and fungi

Aureobasidium pullulans
Cryphonectria parasitica
Hanseniaspora uvarum
Kazachstania turicensis
Kluyveromyces lactis
Metschnikowia pulcherrima
Saccharmoyces cerevisiae
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Torulaspora delbrueckii
Yarrowia lipolytica

Protists

Aurantiochytrium sp.
Schyzochytrium sp.

Microalgae

Chlorella vulgaris

Real-life materials,
diversified products

Real-life materials,<br />
diversified products

Latest news

Biotrend is awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification

26 Dec 2024

Biotrend is awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification. Biotrend was recently awarded the certification for its quality management system according to the requirements of the international ISO 9001:2015 standard, following a complex preparation process and the final audit conducted by Bureau Veritas Certification on October 15 and 16. “This is a very important milestone for Biotrend which […]

EngIQ Doctoral Program Celebrates 15 Years

18 Dec 2024

The EngIQ Doctoral and Advanced Training Program celebrated its 15th anniversary with an event organized jointly by APQuímica, the EngIQ Directorate, and Galp, as the host company, at the Sines Refinery. The “15 years of EngIQ” event aimed to highlight a unique Academia-Industry connection in the country, projecting it into the future during a […]