Bachelor of Bioengineering Bioprocessing Laboratory

Introduction to processing techniques used in biotechnology industries. The entire process of product development will be covered, including the creation and culture of recombinant organisms to synthesize a protein product, and the extraction, purification, immobilization and assay of the final product.

The experiments in this course have been designed to represent the process by which a biotechnology product is developed and manufactured. After developing basic biological techniques, you will create a recombinant organism that produces a protein product of interest. You will grow this organism and then extract, purify, and assay the product. In this way, you will get a feel for the world of biotechnology.

This course has been designated as a University Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) course. As a result, the course will be writing-intensive, and written assignments will be graded for grammar and clarity as well as content.