BIOTECHNOLOGY - IE

2- OBJECTIVES AND SKILLS
General objectives:
– Understand the importance of the Biotechnology in several contexts and learning how to
relate these concepts with other knowledge areas.
– Integrate the knowledge and apply them to solve biological problems using the main
basic techniques.
– Development of autonomous and team working capacity
– Use the scientific quality resources such as bibliography, specialized databases and
other resources available in internet.
– Express rigorously the biological knowledge acquired.
– Acquire a critical thinking and ethical compromise.
Specific objectives:
– Understand the main and different applications of Biotechnology and be aware of the
global Biotechnology perspectives for the future.
– Analyze the constituent elements of a Biotechnology process.
– Recognize the most used genetic engineer techniques.
– Understand the bases of the cloning process and the different cloning systems.
– Know the different expression systems and understand how they work.
– Review gene therapy as a potential evolution in medicine for treatment and know the
advances in the vaccine production and therapeutic agents
– Understand the importance of the human genome sequencing.
– Understand the advantages and disadvantages of Genetically Modified organisms.
– Understand the main causes of contamination and know the use of the biotechnology in
the monitorization, remediation and prevention of the environmental contamination.
– Understand the intellectual property issues with focus on the recognition of patentability
and the patent procurement procedure.
3- CONTENT (Include aims of each topic/module, resources and timechart)
Module I: Recombinant DNA technology
Topic 1: Introduction.
Sessions Nr: 1 (theory).
Contents:
- Concepts and definitions.
- Historical development of the Biotechnology.
Competencies:
- Know and understand the real world impacts of biotechnology
- Acquire a general view of the biotechnology science
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