bioprocess

[ bahy-oh-pros-esor, especially British, -proh-ses ]

noun

1. a method or operation of preparing a biological material, especially a product of genetic engineering, for commercial use.

verb (used with object)

1. to treat or prepare through bioprocess.

adjective

1. noting, pertaining to, or involving a bioprocess:

   bioprocess technology.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bioprocess¹

First recorded in 1975–80; bio- + process

Example Sentences

"The special sauce comes from how well-established tools are integrated together to make a workflow that is applicable to any microbe and any bioprocess," said co-first author Deepanwita Banerjee, who is a computational research scientist in JBEI's Host Engineering Group.

From Science Daily

His father recently retired as a senior bioprocess associate at Bristol-Myers Squibb.

From New York Times

“What we’re doing here is completely aligned with what is going on in Andover and what’s going on in Germany. The cadence of manufacturing is linked,” said Paul Mensah, who leads the bioprocess research and development and drug substance supply group at Pfizer.

From Washington Post

Even then, to create enough antibody medication to treat all the people diagnosed with covid-19 so far, the entire global capacity for making monoclonals would have to be switched over for a year, according to an analysis conducted for The Washington Post by the BioProcess Technology Group at global accounting firm BDO, which advises the pharmaceutical industry.

From Washington Post

“I pray to God these therapies work,” said Howard Levine, national leader of BDO’s BioProcess Technology Group.

From Washington Post