It is right where the entire competence of measuring, control and laboratory technology is bundled that Dr. Felix Lenk from the research group SmartLab Systems at the TU Dresden Chair of Bioprocess Engineering can be found. His research: mobile, miniaturised process measurement in bioreactors. Dr. Lenk: “Sensors are used in extreme diversity when it comes to controlling and monitoring more than just biological processes.”

Typical bar-shaped sensor electrodes represent a measured value only in one spot of the reactor. Examples of bioreactors with limited data acquisition are the Erlenmeyer flask, flat-panel reactors or tubular bioreactors. For this reason, the SmartLab Systems research group has developed location-independent, fully autarkical, minimally disrupting microsensors, the Sens-o-Spheres. The measuring spheres consist of a functionally integrated antenna within the enclosure, a microcontroller for function coordination and a rechargeable power supply, and can accommodate a wide range of measuring sensors. The temperature measurement currently available has already been tested in a wide variety of cultivation environments.

Did we spark your interest? Would you like to find out more about the development of Dresden's bioprocess engieneering? At the joint stand "Research for the Future" from 26^th to 28^th June in Nuremberg, Dr.  FelixLenk and his team will be pleased to provide detailed information on the current status of their research (stand 5-209, hall 05).

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