INTEGRATED LABORATORY FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY
cod. 12369

Academic year 2007/08
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Biologia applicata (BIO/13)
Field
Discipline biotecnologiche con finalita specifiche: biologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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course unit
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Learning objectives

<br />to provide a basic overview of the main applications of biotechnologies and their implications

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Course unit content

<br />The origin of biotechnology - Aims and purposes of biotechnology – Conventional and innovative biotechnology – Fields of application of biotechnology: microbes, plants, animals, humans – Microbial and fermentative biotechnologies, production of metabolites, drugs, proteins – Plant biotechnology applied to improvement of quality of plant products, biotechnology for the transformation industry – Biotechnology in agriculture and animal health – Biotechnology for diagnosis, therapy and prevention of genetic diseases – Biotechnology for environmental monitoring and recovery<br /> <br /> 

Full programme

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Bibliography

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