“Estudio de las propiedades hidrodinámicas y adsortivas de materiales gigaporosos”.

MIRNA LORENA SANCHEZ; RAJESH GAVARA POONDI ; MARCELO FERNANDEZ LAHORE; MARIANO GRASSELLI

Rosario

Simposio; I Simposio Argentino de Procesos Biotecnológicos; 2010

Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario

Modern biotechnology heavily depends on the availability of efficient processes, which should be able to generate competitive products in terms of quality and cost. The strategy elected for this project is via direct product process; improve separation by development of novel adsorbents. In previous work we obtained micro-hydrogels supported onto foams. Preliminary studies showed that adsorption properties of these hydrogels allow adsorbing proteins in a reversible fashion, as an ion exchanger. The purpose of this work is to explore the hydrodynamic and adsorptive properties of this new gigaporous material capable of interact with proteins for bioprocess applications. Gigaporous structure is based onto polymeric foams with pore sizes in the range of 200-2000 um.