2016/2017

2017/2018

DM270

CHIM/11 (CHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY OF FERMENTATIONS)

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY "LAZZARO SPALLANZANI"

ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

1st semester (01/10/2017 - 14/01/2018)

6

48 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

SELVA ENRICO (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Introduce the students to approaches, problems and trade-off situations typical of industrial workplaces in biotechnology

The course deals with technologies (fermentation, down-processing and strain development) used to produce bioactive microbial products. The typical screening approach is examined and then the general problems encountered in process-development. What promotes a discovery into a product is discussed considering as example the anti-infective area and the unanswered medical needs in the field. We then analyze the typical life-cycle of a drug-product considering the implications for the industry.

The aim is to create in the class situations typical in industrial projects. Some real-life cases are examined to create experience. Technologies used to produce bioactive microbial products are described as components of a muti-disciplinar approach.

Slides and papers used in the class (shared by the teacher as pdf files)

Oral exam