Upgrade to CSIRO Protein Production Platform

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Pictured: CSIRO Tissue Culture Facility team Tam Pham, Louis Lu, Mylinh La, George Lovrecz, Tram Phan


Biologics are the fastest-growing 'pillar' of the biopharmaceutical industry, largely due to their specificity and tolerability (resulting in a generally faster regulatory approval process) and the success of key blockbuster products, particularly in the antibody space.

This project is aiming to upgrade the CSIRO protein production platform at Clayton to human Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) capability for pilot-scale (less than 200L) for a variety of expression systems (mammalian/yeast/ bacterial) as well as scale-up of cells.

The proposal extends beyond a facility upgrade to encompass a CSIRO and Monash collaboration to support training in quality systems, GMP, analytics and bioprocess development. To achieve this the facilities will be developed with teaching requirements as part of the plan.

The facility is now complete. The Biologics Facility design and buildings were inspected by the OGTR and the facility has been certified for PC2 and PC2 large scale work.



StateAustralian Capital Territory
Consortium Lead CSIRO
Consortium Members Monash University
MTPConnect Grant $1,100,000
Industry Contribution $2,626,196
State Government Contribution$750,000
Project Duration August 2019 - June 2022 (Finished)
Contact Mariann Fee, CSIRO - mariann.fee@csiro.au +61 3 9545 2239

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