MCB 263

Course Title & Units: Biotechnology Fundamentals and Application (2)

Course Number & Quarter: MCB263, Winter Quarter (II).

Course Goals: To teach and train graduate students who are interested in going into the biotechnology career track; to learn modern recombinant DNA technology, rate processes of biological systems, optimization of bioreactor performance, practical issues in biotechnology, and somespecific case studies of the development of biotechnology products and processes.

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Entry Level: Graduate students in good standing, mostly from the fields of biological science and chemical engineering. Prerequisites are BIS 101, BIS 102, and MIC 102.

Grading and Course Requirement: Letter grade; two one-hour exams, one research paper on a selected topic relevant to biotechnology, and regular reading assignments.

Instructors:
Karen McDonald, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Associate Dean of the College of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science
Ray Rodriguez, Professor of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Martin Privalsky,Professor of Microbiology,Section of Microbiology
Jean VanderGheynst, Associate Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences