Application deadline

Type of course

Admission requirements

Local admission, application code 9371 - master's level singular course. Admission requires a bachelor's degree (180 ECTS) or equivalent qualification, with a major in biology, biotechnology or chemistry of minimum 80 ECTS.

Recommended prerequisites: One or several of following courses (or equivalent): BIO-2001 Fysiologi I, BIO-2513 Marin Biodiversitet, BIO-2601 Generell mikrobiologi, BIO-2606 Generell og marin bioteknologi, MAT-1001, MAT-1002, MAT-1003 Calculus 1,2 & 3, Linear Algebra MAT-1004

Course content

• Microbial (algal) growth kinetics
• Cultivation, fermentation and photo-bioreactors
• Metabolism and metabolic engineering
• Basic principles of systems and synthetic biology

Objectives of the course

By the completion of the course, students are expected to have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge: 

• Comprehensive knowledge of the quantitative aspects of microbial cell growth, cultivation, metabolic engineering and modern practices in synthetic biology.
• basic understanding to the "biological design approach" 

Skills: 

• quantitative problem-solving skills in the context of different microbial biotechnology applications including marine microalgae and genetic devices. 

• the ability to apply knowledge of modern biology to different biotechnological and bioengineering applications 
• basic ability to solve biology and bioengineering problems in the open coding language R 
• ability to communicate effectively in professional/technical settings 

General competence: 

• ability to independently gain technical knowledge from available scientific literature

Language of instruction and examination

Teaching methods

The course is comprised of 15 lectures (2 hrs). The syllabus is made up of relevant scientific articles and fact sheets that will be given out after the lectures.

There will be problem-based homework assignments for each section. There will be individual and group projects; students will write project reports and make at least one oral presentation during the course. We may have guest lectures from domain experts.