Biotechnology

Catalog description

A course in which students will learn how basic cell and molecular biology are used to develop products for biomedical, agricultural and industrial applications. The course will also cover fundamental and emerging techniques in the biotechnology field. The lab section ( BIO 424L ) will focus on the steps involved in the production and purification of recombinant proteins expressed in bacterial cells. Two 50-minute lecture periods, one four- hour laboratory period ( BIO 424L ).