Educational guide

IDENTIFYING DATA

2024_25

Subject

BIOTECHNOLOGY-COMPLEMENTARY TRAINING

Code

01737101

Study programme

1737 - MASTER UNIVERSITARIO EN PRODUCCION DE INDUSTRIAS FARMACEUTICAS

Descriptors

Credit.

Type

Year

Period

Compulsory

First

Language

Castellano

Prerequisites

Department

BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR

Coordinador

COBOS ROMÁN, REBECA

E-mail

rcobr@unileon.es
jjrubc@unileon.es
mbarq@unileon.es

Lecturers

RUBIO COQUE , JUAN JOSÉ

BARQUERO QUIROS , MARCIA PAULINA

COBOS ROMÁN, REBECA

Web

http://

General description

The subject "Biotechnologia - Complemento de formación" aims to provide an introductory and general overview of the concept of biotechnology for students who have not had contact with this discipline in their undergraduate studies. The course also provides a series of concepts and specific cases of the large number of biotechnological applications of industrial interest.

Tribunales de Revisión

Tribunal titular
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	QUIMICA Y FISICA APLICADAS	MORAN PALAO , ANTONIO
Secretario	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	GARZON JIMENO , JOSE ENRIQUE
Vocal	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	GONZALEZ ANDRES , FERNANDO

Tribunal suplente
Cargo	Departamento	Profesor
Presidente	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS	ACEBES ARRANZ , JOSE LUIS
Secretario	QUIMICA Y FISICA APLICADAS	GOMEZ BARRIOS , XIOMAR ARLETH
Vocal	QUIMICA Y FISICA APLICADAS	SANCHEZ MORAN , MARTA ELENA

Topic	Sub-topic
INTRODUCTION	Topic 1.- CONCEPT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. Introduction to microbial biotechnology. Concepts of Industrial Microbiology, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering. Primary and secondary metabolism. Basic characteristics of a microorganism of industrial interest. Isolation of microorganisms of industrial interest. Topic 2.- MICROORGANISMS AS CELLULAR FACTORS. Microorganisms and the production of products of industrial interest. Applications of microorganisms in the food industry. Applications of microorganisms in agriculture and livestock farming. Applications of microorganisms in recycling and bioremediation of ecosystems. Microorganisms and the production of bioenergy.
APLICATIONS	Topic 3.- APPLICATIONS OF MICROORGANISMS IN THE BIOPHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES: PRODUCTION OF ANTIBIOTICS. Antitumorals. Antivirals. Immunosuppressants. The example of the production of beta-lactam antibiotics. Topic 4.- INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF ENZYMES. Enzymes of industrial interest and their applications. Strategies for the industrial production of enzymes. Enzyme immobilisation techniques. Topic 5. APPLICATIONS OF MICROORGANISMS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY. Alcoholic fermentation: production of alcoholic beverages. Lactic fermentation: the dairy industry. Other fermented foods: sausages, oriental foods. Production of food additives and supplements. Topic 6. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF AMINO ACIDS, PEPTIDES AND HORMONES. Amino acids of the aspartic family and their industrial production. Topic 7. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES OF VACCINES.

Methodologies :: Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Laboratory practicals	18	18	36

Seminars	14	28	42
Field work/trips	2	0	2
Personal tuition	1	0	1

Lecture	27	40.5	67.5

Mixed tests	2	0	2

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies ::

	Description
Laboratory practicals	Development of an industrial production process of a metabolite of interest and its assessment.
Seminars	Seminar elaboration on the industrial production of a metabolite of interest. Oral presentation
Field work/trips	Visits to companies in the biotechnology sector.
Personal tuition	Individual face-to-face or virtual tutorials will be held at the request of the student to the lecturers of the subject.
Lecture	Clases orales impartidas por profesores especializados

Description

	Description	Qualification
Mixed tests		6 puntos

Other comments and second call

Basic
	* Brock Biology of Microorganisms. 15th edition. Pearson. ISBN-13:978-0134603940. ISBN-10:013460394X * Basic Biotechnology. C. Ratledge & B. Kristiansen. Cambridge University Press. 2006 * Industrial Microbiology. M.J. Waites, N.L. Morgan, J.S. Rockey & G. Higton. Blackwell Sci. 2006 * Biotechnology for Beginners. R. Renneberg. AL Demain, ed. Academic Press-Elsevier.2008.
Complementary