The Biochemical Engineering course provides a comprehensive overview of topics essential for understanding the integration of biological processes with engineering principles. The course includes:
Students will gain theoretical knowledge and practical insights into these subjects, preparing them for careers in biotechnology and biochemical engineering.
This module introduces the fundamental concepts of biology and biotechnology, emphasizing the principles that govern biological systems and their applications in engineering.
This module explores the diversity of microbial life, focusing specifically on bacteria. Students will learn about bacterial structure, function, and ecological roles.
This module covers viruses and cell organelles, detailing their structure, function, and roles in biological processes. The significance of viruses in biotechnology will also be discussed.
This module delves into carbohydrates, their structure, functions, and metabolic pathways. Understanding carbohydrate metabolism is crucial for grasping energy production in biological systems.
This module investigates nucleic acids, their roles in genetics, and their importance in biochemistry. Students will learn about DNA, RNA, and their functions in cellular processes.
This module provides an overview of lipids, their structures, types, and biological functions. Students will learn about lipid metabolism and its importance in health and disease.
This module focuses on proteins, detailing their structures, functions, and roles in biological processes. Students will explore protein metabolism and its significance in living organisms.
This module discusses the biochemistry and thermodynamics of enzymes, covering their mechanisms of action and the energy changes involved in enzymatic reactions.
This module covers Michaelis-Menten kinetics, explaining the mathematical model describing the rate of enzymatic reactions and the factors affecting enzyme activity.
This module addresses the regulation of enzyme activity through inhibition, discussing competitive and non-competitive inhibition mechanisms and their impacts on metabolic pathways.
This module continues the discussion on enzyme inhibition, exploring additional mechanisms and their implications for biochemical processes in living organisms.
This module analyzes the effects of substrate concentration, pH, and temperature on enzyme activity, providing insights into optimizing enzymatic reactions in biotechnological applications.
This module examines immobilized enzymes, discussing their advantages in biotechnological applications, including improved stability and reusability compared to free enzymes.
This module continues exploring immobilized enzymes, emphasizing advanced techniques for their preparation and the implications for enzyme kinetics and reaction efficiency.
This module discusses the impact of interphase mass transfer on the kinetics of immobilized enzymes, detailing how mass transfer limitations can affect reaction rates.
This module continues the discussion on interphase mass transfer, exploring its significance in the design and optimization of biotechnological processes.
This module introduces the effectiveness factor in immobilized enzymes, providing insights into how it quantifies the impact of mass transfer resistance on reaction rates.
This module focuses on bioenergetics and glycolysis, exploring the energy transformations involved in glycolytic pathways and their crucial role in cellular metabolism.
This module examines the TCA cycle, detailing its role in energy production and the interconnectedness of various metabolic pathways in cellular respiration.
This module discusses the electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation, highlighting their critical roles in ATP production and energy metabolism in cells.
This module covers the pentose phosphate pathway, glycogenesis, and glycogenolysis, emphasizing their roles in carbohydrate metabolism and cellular energy balance.
This module examines the urea cycle, gluconeogenesis, and the glyoxalate cycle, detailing their roles in nitrogen metabolism and energy production in plants and animals.
This module discusses microbial growth phases and models, providing insights into the factors affecting the growth of microbial populations in various environments.
This module analyzes the effects of mass transfer on microbial and fungal growth, emphasizing how these factors influence growth rates and overall productivity in bioprocesses.
This module examines the effects of multiple substrates and inhibition on microbial growth, detailing how these factors can alter growth dynamics and metabolic activity.
This module covers the design of bioreactors, focusing on the principles of bioreactor operation, types of bioreactors, and the factors influencing their design and efficiency.
This module discusses the design of chemostats, emphasizing their applications in continuous culture systems and the factors affecting their performance and stability.
This module analyzes the stability of bioreactors, discussing the principles and factors that influence their operational stability and performance in biotechnological applications.
This module continues the analysis of bioreactor stability, focusing on strategies to enhance stability and optimize bioreactor performance for various applications.
This module introduces receptor-ligand binding, discussing the principles of receptor interactions and their significance in cell signaling and biochemical processes.
This module examines the effects of ligand depletion and multiple receptors on binding kinetics, providing insights into complex interaction dynamics in biochemical systems.
This module continues the exploration of ligand depletion and receptor interactions, emphasizing the implications for therapeutic strategies and drug development.
This module introduces receptor-mediated endocytosis, discussing its mechanisms and importance in cellular uptake processes and signaling pathways.
This module covers the kinetics of receptor-mediated endocytosis, providing insights into the rates and dynamics of endocytic processes in cells.
This module discusses general modeling approaches for receptor-mediated endocytosis, focusing on mathematical models that describe these complex biological processes.
This module examines multiple interacting microbial populations through prey-predator models, discussing how these dynamics affect microbial growth and ecosystem balance.
This module discusses the manufacture of biochemical products, covering various production methods and the role of bioprocessing in biochemical engineering.
This module continues the discussion on biochemical manufacturing and strategies for biomolecule separation, emphasizing the importance of purification techniques in product development.
This module discusses advanced strategies for biomolecule separation, exploring innovative techniques and their applications in the biotechnology industry.
This module continues the exploration of strategies for biomolecule separation, discussing emerging trends and technologies that enhance separation efficiency in bioprocessing.