Course manual 2021/2022

Objectives

Design a technically feasible metabolic engineering strategy de novo;
Calculate the expected production performance parameters, including product transport;
Evaluate and compare the phenotypic stability of alternative biotechnological strategies;
Analyze and compare the regional legal restrictions that may potentially apply to different approaches;
Reflect on the ethical ramifications of new biotechnological products and predict their level of acceptance by the target consumers.
Report on the newly designed strategy and describe how it takes into account different aspects listed before.
Communicate the proposed biotechnological solution orally.

Learning activities

Activity	Hours
Hoorcollege	32
Presentatie	12
Project	34
Werkcollege	4
Self study	86
Total	168	(6 EC x 28 uur)

Attendance

Requirements of the programme concerning attendance (OER-B):

Attendance during practical components exercises is mandatory.

Assessment

Item and weight	Details
Final grade
0.3 (30%) Final Presentation
0.6 (60%) Project Plan
0.1 (10%) Presentation of Draft Plan and Ethical considerations

Fraud and plagiarism

The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl

Course structure

Weeknummer	Onderwerpen	Studiestof
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Owner	Master Biomedical Sciences
Coordinator	Filipe Branco dos Santos
Part of	Master Biological Sciences, track General Biology, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Biochemistry and Metabolic Diseases, Master Biomedical Sciences, track Medical Biochemistry and Biotechnology,

Biotechnology