Students will have a good background in basic aspects of classical (cell structure, microbial growth and metabolism) as well as molecular microbiology (DNA structure and replication, RNA and protein synthesis, recombinant DNA). They will be exposed to current and potential future applications of biotechnology. They will be able to identify and discuss major engineering problems/challenges in biotechnology along with potential solutions.
The students are given an assignment to find information on how to manufacture various substances via a fermentation process. Some of the substances were:
- Ethanol
- Acetone
- Citric Acid
- Factor VIII
- Monoclonal antibodies
The first 3 on the list are well know substances that have been "around forever" while the last two are relatively new. I should the students how to find the information using:
- Scifinder Scholar - web and client software versions
- Scopus
- Science Direct
- Google Patents
When I demonstrated the search in Scifinder Scholar many of the relevant references were in the patent literature so I showed them how to use the linking function to get the full text of the patent.
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