Abstract
Probing the baculovirus infection process is essential in optimizing the recombinant protein production. Typically, researchers monitor the infection process in the stirred tank reactor, which, however, contains a population of cells infected at different times after virus inoculation. This chapter describes a two-stage reactor system consisting of an upstream continuous stirred tank reactor and a downstream tubular reactor with segmented plug flow for probing baculovirus infection and production. © Humana Press Inc.