This course provides a comprehensive overview of Biochemical Engineering, encompassing essential topics such as:
Students will gain practical knowledge in designing bioprocesses and understanding the biochemical principles essential for the production of biochemical products.
This module introduces the fundamental principles of Biology and Biotechnology, providing a foundational understanding necessary for the study of biochemical processes.
This module explores the diverse world of bacteria, discussing their classification, physiology, and significance in biotechnology and environmental applications.
This module focuses on viruses and cell organelles, detailing their structures, functions, and roles in biotechnology and disease.
This module covers carbohydrates, their structures, properties, and biological significance, emphasizing their role in cellular metabolism and energy storage.
This module delves into nucleic acids, discussing their structures, functions, and importance in genetics and biotechnology applications.
This module examines lipids, focusing on their structures, functions, and roles in cellular membranes and metabolism.
This module investigates proteins, emphasizing their structures, functions, and importance in biological systems and biotechnology.
This module covers the biochemical and thermodynamic principles of enzymes, highlighting their catalytic mechanisms and significance in biochemical reactions.
This module introduces Michaelis-Menten kinetics, detailing the mathematical models used to describe enzyme kinetics and reaction rates.
This module explores the regulation of enzyme activity through inhibition, discussing various types of inhibitors and their mechanisms of action.
This module continues the exploration of enzyme inhibition, highlighting additional factors that influence enzyme activity.
This module examines how various factors such as substrate concentration, pH, and temperature affect enzyme activity and reaction rates.
This module focuses on immobilized enzymes, discussing their applications, advantages, and the methods used for their immobilization.
This module continues the discussion on immobilized enzymes, exploring further techniques and their implications for biochemical engineering.
This module discusses interphase mass transfer and its effects on reactions involving immobilized enzymes, highlighting practical implications.
This module further examines interphase mass transfer and reactions in immobilized enzymes, emphasizing optimization strategies.
This module introduces the concept of the effectiveness factor in immobilized enzyme systems, discussing its significance and applications.
This module focuses on bioenergetics and glycolysis, explaining the biochemical pathways involved in energy transformation.
This module delves into the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, detailing its role in cellular respiration and energy production.
This module discusses the electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation, focusing on their roles in ATP production.
This module covers the pentose phosphate pathway, glycogenesis, and glycogenolysis, discussing their significance in carbohydrate metabolism.
This module discusses the urea cycle, gluconeogenesis, and glyoxylate cycle, emphasizing their roles in nitrogen and carbohydrate metabolism.
This module examines microbial growth phases and models, discussing how they influence bioprocess design and optimization.
This module focuses on the effects of mass transfer on microbial and fungal growth, exploring key factors that influence growth rates.
This module discusses the impact of multiple substrates and inhibition on microbial growth, emphasizing strategies to optimize culture conditions.
This module covers the design principles of bioreactors, emphasizing factors that influence their performance in biochemical processes.
This module explores the design of chemostats, focusing on their applications in continuous culture systems and biotechnological processes.
This module discusses the stability of bioreactors, addressing the challenges in maintaining optimal operating conditions for successful bioprocesses.
This module continues the discussion on bioreactor stability, exploring advanced techniques to improve stability and efficiency.
This module introduces receptor-ligand binding concepts, discussing their significance in cell signaling and biochemistry.
This module examines the effects of ligand depletion and multiple receptors on binding kinetics, emphasizing their biological implications.
This module continues the discussion on ligand depletion and multiple receptors, exploring advanced concepts and models.
This module covers receptor-mediated endocytosis, discussing mechanisms and their significance in cellular processes.
This module examines the kinetics of receptor-mediated endocytosis, highlighting factors influencing the process.
This module introduces a general model for receptor-mediated endocytosis, discussing its implications for cellular biology.
This module examines multiple interacting microbial populations using prey-predator models to understand ecological dynamics.
This module focuses on the manufacture of biochemical products, discussing processes, challenges, and technology applications in biotechnology.
This module continues the discussion on biochemical product manufacturing and strategies for biomolecule separation, emphasizing efficiency and optimization.
This module further explores strategies for biomolecule separation, emphasizing techniques and technologies to improve efficiency in biochemical processes.
This module continues the exploration of biomolecule separation strategies, focusing on practical applications and case studies in biotechnology.