Year: 2021

Circular Economy is one of the central concepts of sustainable development in our industry and society. This was made very clear at the current „Zukunftsplausch” (Future Talk) at the “Deutsches Museum” Nuremberg. Prof. Kathrin Castiglione from the Institute of Bioprocess Engineering at FAU was completely in her element. She presented how....

In the current FAU newsletter there is a report on the home brewing, which was offered by the BVT institute in this semester as part of the online practical course on microbial process engineering: Zuhause Bier brauen fürs Studium (Article in German) Many thanks to Stefanie Fritzsche from the ...

FAU is currently working on plans to offer more face-to-face teaching again. Bayerischer Rundfunk reported on this in the Frankenschau in July 2021. Vice-President Bärbel Kopp emphasizes, however, that the minimum distance of 1.50 m must still be observed and must therefore be the basis of all p...

Since 2014, the International Women in Engineering Day has always taken place on 23 June – and FAU is also involved. Of course, the Institute of Bioprocess Engineering participates in this initiative to demonstrate that engineering studies are definitely not a male domain. With Prof. Dr. Kathrin Cas...

For the second time, the student council initiative Chemical and Bioengineering awards the "Audience Award for Excellent Teaching", this semester to Professor Kathrin Castiglione from the Institute of Bioprocess Engineering (BVT). The students of the Department CBI nominated her course "Bioreaction ...

On the traditional "Berg Tuesday" 2021 there was no joint meeting of FAU employees on the "Berg", but instead there were adequate online knowledge tracks. Just as befitting a bioprocess engineer, Prof. Kathrin Castiglione from the Institute of Bioprocess Engineering introduced us to the secrets of t...

The participants of Anna Becker's 2021 BVT lecture "Analytical Techniques and Structure Elucidation" have found an unusual way to show their approval of the event: the flash mob.

Since February 2021, the employees of the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering introduce themselves in a new group photo. Even in these times of social isolation, this is also possible taking current hygiene measures into account.