Fermentation Chemistry and Biotechnology

The Chemistry and Fermentation Biotechnology course aims to provide at the students the concepts necessary to understand the principles that regulate the fermentation processes in the production of natural or biotechnological products. Through the description and in-depth analysis of some processes aimed to the production of drugs, the course also aims to provide students with the necessary elements to understand the critical issues found in the process scale-up and in product development.

At the end of the course, students will have to demonstrate that they have acquired and understood all the notions necessary to prepare a biotechnological process starting from the selection of the strain, to the study of the biosynthetic pathway, to the strains improvement up to the process setting up. Thanks to the notions provided in the lectures, the students will be able to independently analyze the critical points of the process. In the learning verification phase, students must also be able to correctly understand the questions, to choose, elaborate and connect the knowledges acquired in both course modules.