Learning objectives
<br />to provide a basic overview of the main applications of biotechnologies and their implications
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 />
Bibliography
material provided by the lecturer