Reims Campus – The Industrial Agro-Biotechnologies R&D Unit

Established in 2012 at the initiative of three local and regional government entities—the Greater Reims Area, the Marne Department, and the Grand Est Region—the Industrial Agro-Biotechnologies R&D Unit focuses on leveraging agricultural products and byproducts to produce compounds that offer substantial added value through an interdisciplinary approach combining biotechnologies, green chemistry, and separation process engineering. Located on the Bazancourt-Pomacle biorefinery site at the European Center for Biotechnology and Bioeconomy (CEBB) alongside its partners from the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, CentraleSupélec, and Neoma Business School, the R&D Unit conducts research in the fields of crop health, biopolymers and biomaterials, specialty and fine chemicals, and functional and active ingredients for the cosmetics industry.

• Director: Dr. Florent Allais 
• Assistant Director: Kévin Magnien 
• Address: Centre Européen de Biotechnologie et de Bioéconomie, 3, rue des Rouges Terres, 51110 Pomacle 
• Telephone: +33 (0)3 52 62 04 62 
• Hours: 7 A.M. to 7 P.M.

Biotechnology Division:

• Liquid-state fermentation
• Solid-state fermentation
• Molecular biology
• Production/extraction coupling

Green Chemistry Division: 

• Enzyme catalysis
• Polymer chemistry
• Organic chemistry
• Multistep synthesis
• Phenol chemistry
• Sugar chemistry

Process Engineering Division

• Eco-extraction: supercritical CO₂, microwaves, ultrasound 
• Membrane technology (micro, ultra, nanofiltration, membrane contactors)
• Process intensification
• Integrated processes

Chromatography

• 1 to 20-liter liquid-state fermentors 
• Flow Cymometer 
• qPCR 
• AktaStart 
• Membrane contactor 
• Filtration pilots from 500 mL to 15 liters 
• Supercritical CO₂ extraction pilot 
• Membrane bioreactor 
• Ultrasonic reactor 
• Microwave reactor 
• Photoreactor 
• Molecular distiller 
• 5- and 10-liter chemical reactors 
• HPLC/UHPLC liquid chromatography (RI, UV/DAD, ELSD, MS, MS2-QToF) – Quadruple detection size exclusion chromatography (RI, viscometer, UV, MALS) 
• Gas chromatography (mass spectrometry) 
• 1H & 13C NMR (1D/2D), 1H/31P benchtop NMR (1D/2D) 
• Flash chromatography (UV-vis, MS, ELSD)
• TLC/MS
• FTIR – UV 
• DSC – TGA