Alain Garnier

Research Interests

• Process development for the production of recombinant proteins, viral vectors, viruses, and stem cells
• Process development for the production of bioplastics, biofuels, and enzymes for environmental applications
• Mathematical modeling of cellular metabolism and bioprocesses
• Cell culture imaging
• New methods for separation/purification of biological fluids

Current Research Projects

• Process development for the production of a CO2-capturing enzyme.
• Process development for the purification of an influenza vaccine.
• Development of a new method for blood serum fractionation.
• Development of a blood serum-free and feeder layer-free environment for skin cells culture (keratinocytes).
• Development of methods/algorithms for stem cell imaging (project in collaboration with Dr. Carl Duchesne).
• Design of a bacterial metabolic model from genomic information.

Tools and Expertises

• Mass spectrometry, analytical and preparative chromatography, cell culture robotics, automated imaging.