National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing (NCTM)

Overview of Services

The National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing (NCTM) is an interdisciplinary workforce education and research center serving the global biopharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing industries. A member of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, the NCTM develops and delivers customizable instructor-led, computer-based, and hands-on learning to expose the student to various aspects of cell culture and basic molecular biology, aseptic processes and microbiology, upstream and downstream processing of biological materials including viruses, monoclonal antibodies and other recombinant proteins, as well as industrial bioanalytical methods.

NCTM also provides enabling technologies to academic/medical researchers and start-ups through its blended infrastructure of academic, scientific, and industrial expertise and complete range of bench-to-pilot and Phase I scale bioprocess and analytical equipment. Our capabilities include:

• Media screening to improve cell line productivity
• Expression systems including bacteria/yeast/mammalian/insect lines
• Protein expression and purification
• Process development/optimization support
• Analytical methods development and characterization

Leadership

Baley Reeves, PhD - Director
Michael Johanson - Associate Director, Operations

Location and hours of operation

Links and Resources

1. https://nctm.tamu.edu

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