PhD defense :
Design and use of a modular system for continuous culture of microorganisms in mini bioreactors
Microbiology laboratories are making little use of continuous culture systems in bioreactors despite their interest. In order to facilitate their implementation, this thesis project aims to develop a new modular system of computer-controlled mini-bioreactors taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the development of digital fabrication and programmable microcontrollers. The target culture volumes are thought to be in the range of 5 to 10 mL to allow complex experimental designs involving numerous bioreactors (in parallel, in series, with in real time monitoring and control, …). Several applications were performed, mainly with the Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis, to validate and illustrate the use of the proposed system. These will encompass experimental and directed evolution set-ups.
Jury members:
- Fayza DABOUSSI, Research Director (INRAE, INSA Toulouse) – Reviewer & Examiner
- Kim MILFERSTEDT, Research Director (INRAE, Université de Montpellier) – Reviewer & Examiner
- Grégory BATT, Research Director (INRIA, Université Paris-Saclay) – Examiner
- Catherine ETCHEBEST, Emeritus professor (Université Paris-Cité) – Examiner
- Olivier TENAILLON, Research Director (INSERM, Université Paris-Cité) – Examiner
Directed by:
Pierre NICOLAS (Research Scientist, INRAE, MaIAGE) and Matthieu JULES (Professor, AgroParisTech, SyBER team)