Abstract:The separation and purification of an important biomolecule calmoduline is extremely important. The adsorption technique is quite popular, and the cryogels as adsorbents with the macro porous structure and interconnected flow channels are preferred in this field. In this study, the adsorption of calmoduline via Ca(II) immobilized poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-glycidyl methacrylate), poly(HEMA-GMA), cryogels was studied through changing interaction time, calmoduline initial concentration, and temperature conditions. For the characterization of cryogels, the swelling test, Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), surface area (BET), elemental analysis and ICP-OES methods were performed. Nicotinamide molecule was used as Ca(II) being the chelating agent and the adsorption capacity of the cryogels was estimated as 1.812 mg calmoduline/g cryogel. The adsorption models of the process were examined via the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models.