BIO423E : Biotechnology

Main contents of the course

Readings/References/Notes

The week

Content (topic) per week

laboratory

1

A historical overview, sources of industrial microorganisms and methods of isolation and conservation.

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2

Important microbial groups in food (bacteria, fungi, viruses, ....).

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3

Improvement of industrial strains, vaccine preparation, development methods used in biotechnologies, separation processes of biotechnology products.

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4

Biotechnology applications and factors affecting microbial activity.

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5

Uses of biotechnology and modern industrial uses of microorganisms in the production of chemicals, antibiotics, vaccines, interferons and enzymes.– Study of single-cell protein production, amino acid production, organic acid production, vitamin production, production of polysaccharides and lipids.

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6

Theoretical and practical midterm exam

laboratory

Industrial fermentations and bioreactors - aerobic and anaerobic fermentation and by-products of microorganisms

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7

Biotechnologies and how to use them to produce substances of medical interest such as medicines and vaccines from microbes or from genetically modified plants.

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8

Biomass and production of biofuels andsingle-celled protein.

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9

- Microbial corruption of food

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10

Microbial food poisoning and control of food microbes (physical methods, chemical methods, biological methods, ...).

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11

Foundations and tools of genetic engineering

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12

– Applications of genetic engineering in biomanufacturing and plant tissue culture techniques and the economic objectives of these techniques.

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13

Bioremediation of environmental pollutants

14

Practical Final Exam