Five-Day
CEP Course on
Recent
Advances in Design and Analysis of
Biotechnology Processes
May 13 - 17, 2003
Introduction
Bioprocesses are ubiquitous - they range from the production of food in
a kitchen to the synthesis of sophisticated, extremely high-value, cutting-edge
therapeutics. Bioprocesses involve the use of cells (or in certain cases, cellular
molecules) as micro-factories to manufacture the product of interest. Natural
cellular products can be directly utilized or, alternatively, the cells can be
engineered to produce products of interest. In either case, production levels
can be improved by employing several strategies for formation or processing of
the product.
Although
bioprocesses have a wide range of applications, their governing principles are
beautifully simple. These principles have been obtained with inputs from
chemical engineering, molecular biology, molecular genetics, physics,
chemistry, mathematics, computer science and other engineering disciplines.
This course is designed to introduce the participant to these principles; both,
theoretical aspects and laboratory work at hands-on level, will be covered.
Who will benefit
o
People from pharmaceutical, food, and related
industries or from pollution control divisions of any industry, who would like
to understand the bases of their work.
o
People from the managerial cadre who would like to make
informed decisions on choices which involve some bio-component.
o
People involved in the teaching of bioprocess related
courses at the B.Tech/M.Sc. level.
o Any person who would like to know about bioprocesses.
o Any person who would like to know how bioinformatics can be applied to bioprocesses.
Required background: Any bachelor's degree
in science/engg. (B.Sc., B.E., B.Tech., etc.,.)
Preferred: Mathematics atleast at 12th standard level and biology atleast at 10th standard level.
In addition, if there is an interest, we
would be happy to consider running similar in-house courses in the future.
In-house courses are conducted for a specific organization with relatively
large number of participants and are tailor-made to suit their needs.
Course Content
The emphasis will be on the fundamental principles governing
bioprocesses. The lectures will cover the topics listed below. In addition,
some laboratory sessions have been included. These laboratory sessions will
provide the participant hands-on exposure in the basic procedures necessary to
genetically engineer cells. Bioreactor operation and control will also be
demonstrated.
· What are bioprocesses?
· Where are bioproducts produced?
· What produces bioproducts and why do they produce them?
· Fundamentals of Molecular biology
· Stoichiometry, Cell growth kinetics and enzyme kinetics
· Ideal bioreactor types and preliminary analysis
· Mass transfer aspects in bioreactors
· Design of stirred bioreactors
· Fundamentals of Genetic engineering
· Methods to improve production at the cell level - Metabolic flux analysis/metabolic control analysis
· Animal and Plant Tissue/cell Culture
· Fundamentals of Bio-separations
·
Bioinformatics
Facilities
The laboratories in
the Biochemical Eng. Group and the chool of Biosciences and Bioengineering are
adequately quipped to carry-out teaching and research in the cutting-edge aeas.
Faculty
Prof. K. Krishnamurthy Rao
Is a faculty member of
the School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, I.I.T. Bombay. He got his Ph.D.
in Molecular Biology from TIFR. He did post-Doctoral Research at the NIH,
Bethesda, USA. His research interests are in procaryotic and eucaryotic gene
regulation with specific emphasis on gene transcription.
Prof. S. B. Noronha (Course co-ordinator)
Has worked in
Biochemical eng. for the past eleven years. He obtained a B.Tech. in Chemical
Eng. From I.I.T. Madras and a Ph.D.
from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has also worked as a
Visiting Fellow at NIH, Bethesda. His areas of interest include Recombinant DNA
technology, Computational Biotechnology and Bioseparations.
Prof. G. K. Suraishkumar
Has worked in
research and teaching aspects of Biochemical eng. for the past fourteen years.
Basically a chemical engineer with a B.Tech. in Chemical Eng. from I.I.T.
Madras, he got his Ph.D.from Drexel University, Philadelphia, and the major
area in his Ph.D. work was Biochemical Eng. Currently, he works in the areas of
bioreactors, biosorption, animal and plant cell cultures. His work has been
recognized with outstanding contribution award (1990) and P.K.Patwardhan award
for technology development effort (1999). Visit www.che.iitb.ac.in/faculty/gks.html
for more details.
Prof.
A. K. Suresh
Has been with IIT
Bombay since 1988, after a Ph.D. at Monash University in Chemical Engineering
and a brief stint at Hindustan Lever Research Centre. Researchinterests include
mass transfer and reaction engineering aspects in bioprocesses. He was
recognized with the Herdillia award for excellence in fundamental research
(2001).
Prof. K. V. Venkatesh
Has been active in
the area of biochemical engineering and Biotechnology for the last eight
years. His expertise is in the area of quantification and
optimization of biological processes including metabolic/genetic networks
and signalling pathways. He has been awarded INSA young scientist (1999)
and INAE young engineers (1998) award for his research contributions.
Prof. P. Wangikar
Has been with IIT
Bombay since 1997. He has a B. Chem. Eng. from UDCT and a Ph.D. from the
University of Iowa. His areas of specialization include Biochemical
Engineering, Applied Enzymology and Bioinformatics. He has been awarded
DAE young scientist (1997) the AICTE career award for young teachers
(1998).
Course Dates & Venue
The course dates are
May 13-17, 2003. The venue would be
Seminar Room(Second floor), IIT Guest house (report here for
registration at 9.00 am on 13-5-03.
Course Registration
Course Fee per
participant is Rs. 10,000/-. Kindly
send registration forms duly filled along with the demand draft for the course
fee to the address given below.
The demand draft
should be drawn in favour of “The Registrar, IIT Bombay-CEP A/c” payable
at Mumbai.
No income tax
is to be deducted at source from the course fee, as IIT Bombay is exempt from
the same.
The course fee
includes course material, lunch and coffee / tea.
Address all communication to :
Prof.
Santosh Noronha,
Course Coordinator,
Dept. of Chemical Engg.,
I. I. T. Bombay, Powai,
Mumbai 400 076
Tel. No : (022) 2576 7238
Fax : (022) 2572 3480;
E-mail : noronha@che.iitb.ac.in
Deadline for registration: April 25, 2002.
R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R M
Five-day CEP Course on
Recent Advances in
Design and Analysis of
Biotechnology
Processes
May 13 - 17,
2003
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