Who we are

Bioservices by BASF
Turning Visions into Reality - Your End-to-End Biotech R&D Partner

About Us

 

BASF Bioservices provides end-to-end R&D services to Life Science, Biotechnology, and BASF Group companies. Our best-in-class R&D platform includes all capabilities required for biotechnology research services and product development, from discovery and screening to large scale production of microbial fermentation products, biobased chemicals, and biocatalysts.

With over 30 years of experience and more than 200 Biotech R&D experts globally, of which 50 at our San Diego site, we enable our customers to achieve their research, development, and scale-up goals, time and time again!

 

Capabilities & Services

 

 

White biotechnology – also known as industrial biotechnology – uses microorganisms and enzymes to produce chemical and biochemical products. The product portfolio of white biotechnology is manifold and comprises basic chemicals, monomers, and many specialty chemicals like vitamins, food and feed supplements, as well as pharmaceutical and agricultural intermediates. Biotechnological processes are often more efficient than classical chemical production and require less raw materials and energy. Usually, they are based on renewable raw material and exhibit a beneficial carbon footprint. Some products like enzymes or complicated actives are only accessible via white biotechnology and cannot be manufactured by chemical synthesis. The first steps in process development for new substances take place in the fermentation laboratory in Ludwigshafen. The production volume is increased step by step. Fermenters with a volume of just a few liters are used. Lab technicians Yvonne Liebner and Thorsten Renz are operating a 5-liter bioreactor.
Lab employee Silke Rust monitors the creation of active ingredient solutions in test tubes. In the laboratory, the active ingredients are deposited on microtiter plates and prepared for various screening systems. BASF's goal is to develop innovative crop protection products from active ingredients using an automated process.

If you would like to hear more about our services and how we can support you to successfully meet your innovation goals, please contact us at bioservices@basf.com