Biochemistry analyzer for bioprocess engineering studies

从研究工具和仪器补助金中购买的生物化学分析仪将支持达尔豪斯大学研究人员在生物过程工程相关领域的活动。该设备将能够在生物转化过程中表征各种原料和分析重要成分（例如糖，乙醇等）。分析将使这些过程得到优化并提高效率。将得到支持的研究包括通过发酵生产新型jadomycin抗生素。其他研究涉及将废物（如食品加工废物、鱼类加工废物、动物养殖废物、农业生物质等）转化为有价值的产品（如生物柴油、生物乙醇、沼气、有机酸、可生物降解塑料、除冰剂、几丁质、单细胞蛋白、鱼饲料、动物饲料、各种营养药品和药品）。

The Biochemistry Analyzer to be purchased from this Research Tools and Instruments grant will support the activities of researchers at Dalhousie University working in areas relating to bioprocess engineering.  This equipment will enable the characterization of various feedstocks and analysis of important components (e.g. sugars, ethanol, etc) during biological conversion processes.  The analysis will enable such processes to be optimized and to increase efficiency.  Research that will be supported includes the production of novel jadomycin antibiotics by fermentation.  Other research involves the conversion of waste materials (e.g. food processing wastes, fish processing wastes, animal rendering wastes, agricultural biomass, etc.) into valuable products (e.g. biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas, organic acids, biodegradable plastics, deicing agents, chitin, single cell protein, fish feed, animal feed, various nutraceuticals and pharmaceutical products).