[Iefac.list] Flexible Services and Manufacturing - BIOMANUFACTURING Special Issue

[Rohan Shirwaiker]

CALL FOR PAPERS
FLEXIBLE SERVICES AND MANUFACTURING JOURNAL
Special Issue on BIOMANUFACTURING
https://www.springer.com/journal/10696/updates/17546024
*Submission Deadline: September 30, 2021*

In recent years, the use of biological systems to produce biomolecules,
biomaterials, and medical products has seen rapid growth due to its vast
potential and impact. Biopharmaceuticals provide advanced drugs and
therapies for a variety of diseases. Biomaterials help develop medical
devices with enhanced effectiveness. Biofabrication technologies enable the
creation of biologically active products for next generation medical
diagnostics and treatments. While the area holds immense promise, it also
presents several challenges. At the process level, the dependence on living
cells (whether it is microbes, plant, or animal cells) and need for
specialized handling and equipment introduces challenges related to
batch-to-batch variability, stability, and predictability of outcomes. At
the system level, scalability and performance prediction are significant
challenges. At the supply chain level, long R&D lead times, regulatory
requirements, and high costs of failure motivate need for strategic
collaborations and incentive alignment.

In this special issue of the Flexible Services and Manufacturing (FSM)
Journal, we seek papers introducing new concepts, defining new problems,
and developing new empirical and theoretical research that addresses the
specific and unique challenges related to biomanufacturing. The special
issue includes, but not limited to, the following topics.

* Challenges in biofabrication and novel solutions
* Process challenges in cell and tissue culture, fermentation, separation,
homogenization, formulation
* Process control, validation, and quality systems in biomanufacturing
* Preclinical evaluation and design of clinical experiments

* Scale up/scale out and integration of bioprocesses
* Real time monitoring, control, optimization, and simulation of
biomanufacturing systems
* Performance prediction and efficiency analysis of biomanufacturing systems
* Production planning and scheduling in biomanufacturing

* Coordination and collaboration in biomanufacturing supply chains
* Logistics and inventory management in biomanufacturing supply chains
* Management of risk in biomanufacturing R&D projects
* Capacity planning and network design issues in biomanufacturing supply
chains

Please submit your paper online via: http://www.editorialmanager.com/flex/
and use “SI: Biomanufacturing” as article type. The target print
publication date is mid-2022.

The submitted papers must not have been previously published or be
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers will be
reviewed according to the standards of the FSM journal. We will adopt a
rapid and fair review process to meet the target publication of the printed
issue in mid-2022. Electronic copies of accepted papers will be accessible
online soon after their acceptance. Please feel free to contact the editors
with any questions.

Special Issue Editors:
Prof. Phil Kaminsky, University of California, Berkeley, Email:
kaminsky at berkeley.edu
Prof. Ananth Krishnamurthy, Indian Institute of
Management-Bangalore, Email: ananthk at iimb.ac.in
Prof. Tugce Martagan, Eindhoven University of Technology, Email:
t.g.martagan at tue.nl
Prof. Rohan Shirwaiker, North Carolina State University, Email:
rashirwaiker at ncsu.edu
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