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Hands-On Viral Vaccine Manufacture

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Why should you attend?

This five-day course provides those attending with a broad understanding of viral vaccine production. The course begins with an overview of vaccine fundamentals, including vaccine types, basic vaccine immunology, and virus types. Attention then shifts to those steps necessary to produce, recover and purify virus, using influenza A as a model for viral vaccines. Through a combination of lecture and hands-on laboratory activities, participants learn the fundamentals of egg-based and cell-based virus production and virus recovery and purification methods including ultracentrifugation, chromatography, and ultrafiltration. Basic analytical techniques for quantifying and characterizing virus are also examined. At the end of the course, attendees will have a thorough understanding of the "how and why" behind vaccine manufacture and consequently be better equipped to manufacture viral vaccines and troubleshoot vaccine processes.

Attend and you will learn

  • Vaccine classification and basic vaccine immunology
  • The principles—both fundamental and operational—that underlie key operations used in viral vaccine production including egg-based and cell culture-based virus production, "low-speed" centrifugation, ultracentrifugation, chromatography, and ultrafiltration
  • The critical process parameters CPPs) for each unit operation, how these parameters are monitored, and the effect that a change in CPP value will have on process performance
  • How vaccine products are characterized with respect to their safety, efficacy, and purity by means of quantitative assays

Who should attend

Anyone interested in obtaining a basic knowledge of the operations involved in production of viral vaccines and applying that knowledge in industry-like labs, such as the following:

  • Scientists and engineers who are new to viral vaccine production
  • Biomanufacturing supervisors and managers interested in learning about the parts of the vaccine process that they do not manage
  • Other personnel—including quality assurance, quality control, and validation professionals—who support vaccine manufacture but may not be directly involved with execution of the processes they support
  • Vendors who supply the vaccine industry with equipment and components

Attend and you will receive

  • 37.5 hours of instruction (3.7 Continuing Education Units)
  • Notebook containing all course lecture and lab materials
  • Morning coffee and tea
  • Lunch
  • Afternoon beverage break
  • Certificate of completion

Instructors

This course is facilitated by a team of BTEC and NC State faculty, including Driss Elhanafi, Ph.D., Gary Gilleskie, Ph.D., Matt Koci, Ph.D., and Jennifer Pancorbo, Ph.D.


Location

All courses are offered on site at BTEC, other than online courses. The Golden LEAF BTEC building is located at 850 Oval Drive on NC State University's Centennial Campus.

If a course is full: Waitlist policy

If a course you want to take is already full, you are welcome to email mswoodya@ncsu.edu and ask to be placed on a waitlist for that course. The waitlist is used to fill any seats that become available when individuals registered for the course are unable to attend. If one or more seats become available, individuals on the waitlist are contacted in the order in which they were added to the list.

In addition to ensuring popular courses remain full, waitlists provide a means of tracking interest and determining if additional sessions are necessary. BTEC makes every effort to schedule additional course offerings if sufficient people are wait-listed. If a new offering is scheduled, those on the waitlist are notified before registration opens to the public.

Placement on a waitlist does not commit individuals to attending a course. It simply ensures that they are given first opportunity to enroll if a seat becomes available in a full course and that they are among the first to know if an additional course offering is scheduled during the current year.

BTEC is unable to provide information about the number of those wait-listed for any given course or an individual's place on such a list.

Payment

BTEC requires payment by credit card at the time of registration. BTEC accepts payment from all major credit cards including American Express, Visa, and MasterCard.

After registration, a payment receipt is automatically emailed. If you do not receive the email, please check your spam folders.

Any additional questions prior to registration should be directed to mswoodya@ncsu.edu.

Discounts available

A 40% discount is available for NIIMBL members for the following courses:

Check out BTEC’s professional development certificate program for an additional way to save money on short course costs. Any additional discount questions prior to registration should be directed to Serena Hodge, Industry Training Coordinator, at shodge@ncsu.edu.

Cancellation policies

Cancellation by registrant

To cancel a registration and be eligible for a refund of course fees, you must notify BTEC by email to mswoodya@ncsu.edu or fax to 919-513-1697. Fees are refunded according to the following schedule:

  • 100% refund – If notification is received at least 15 business days in advance of course start date
  • 75% refund – If notification is received 10–14 business days in advance of course start date
  • 50% refund – If notification is received 6–9 business days in advance of course start date
  • No refund will be issued if notice is received 5 or fewer business days in advance of course start

Refunds will take 60–90 days for processing. Refunds requested more than 90 days after payment will be issued as a check.

Substitutions may be made up to two business days prior to the course start date. Notify the BTEC office by email to mswoodya@ncsu.edu or by fax at 919-513-1697. Please include the name and email contact for the replacement. Please note that BTEC is unable to honor substitutions for individuals taking discounted courses as part of the professional development certificate program.

Cancellation by BTEC

BTEC retains the right to cancel a professional development short course no less than 10 business days in advance of the scheduled course start date. Registrants will be notified by BTEC if a course is cancelled and will receive a full refund of registration fees paid. BTEC is not responsible for airfare penalties or other costs incurred due to cancellation.

Pre-course communication

Upon successful registration for a course, you will receive an automatically-generated email as well as another email from Melody Woodyard confirming your registration. If you do not receive these emails within two business days of registering for a course, please email mswoodya@ncsu.edu to confirm your registration.

Once registered, confirmed course participants will receive a series of emails approximately two weeks before the scheduled course with detailed information regarding travel to BTEC, parking information, and a short pre-course questionnaire.