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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Industrial Biotechnology by University of Manchester

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About the Course

Fossil fuels have been the primary energy source for society since the Industrial Revolution. They provide the raw material for the manufacture of many everyday products that we take for granted, including pharmaceuticals, food and drink, materials, plastics and personal care. As the 21st century progresses we need solutions for the manufacture of chemicals that are smarter, more predictable and more sustainable. Industrial biotechnology is changing how we manufacture chemicals and materials, as well as providing us with a source of renewable energy. It is at the core of sustainable manufacturing processes and an attractive alternative to traditional manufacturing technologies to commercially advance and transform priority industrial sectors yielding more and more viable solutions for our environment in the form of new chemicals, new materials and bioenergy. This course will cover the key enabling technologies that underpin biotechnology research including enzyme discovery and engineering, systems and synthetic biology and biochemical and process engineering. Much of this material will be delivered through lectures to ensure that you have a solid foundation in these key areas. We will also consider the wider issues involved in sustainable manufacturing including responsible research innovation and bioethics. In the second part of the course we will look at how these technologies translate into real world applications which benefit society and impact our everyday lives. This will include input from our industry stakeholders and collaborators working in the pharmaceutical, chemicals and biofuels industries. By the end of this course you will be able to: 1. Understand enzymatic function and catalysis. 2. Explain the technologies and methodologies underpinning systems and synthetic biology. 3. Explain the diversity of synthetic biology application and discuss the different ethical and regulatory/governance challenges involved in this research. 4. Understand the principles and role of bioprocessing and biochemical engineering in industrial biotechnology. 5. Have an informed discussion of the key enabling technologies underpinning research in industrial biotechnology 6. Give examples of industrial biotechnology products and processes and their application in healthcare, agriculture, fine chemicals, energy and the environment....

Top reviews

MK

Mar 5, 2021

Great course. Im a chemical engineering, applying for master's in Chemical Biotechnology. This course really helped in understanding the basics of this amazing field. Thanks guys. Humans are awesome.

JC

Apr 28, 2020

Very informative and very well organised course and it really helped me provide a good insight into the world of Biotechnology, the applications in the health sector and its potential in the future.

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By Dr m k

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Apr 11, 2020

it was nice to read

By K.P.N.S. D S

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Oct 9, 2024

Interesting course

By Anchal D

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Jul 28, 2023

it was good enough

By Andrés C

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Aug 26, 2021

Very illustrative

By Joseph Q

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Jan 22, 2024

Good information

By Deleted A

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May 16, 2020

Very good course

By Mohammed N

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May 4, 2020

very good course

By PRIYANSHU S

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Jul 9, 2020

nice experience

By Darlington C

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Oct 24, 2024

Very educating

By Nicolas M O

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Jan 26, 2022

is really good

By Diego I C L

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Jul 16, 2020

Good course!!

By shitanshu d

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May 27, 2020

Good Course

By Andres D R P

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May 29, 2023

súper

bien

By Sangram K M

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Sep 4, 2022

Doing good

By Sandra S

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Aug 9, 2024

Excellent

By Sovon J

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Sep 24, 2022

All good

By SANGEETH S M

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Nov 24, 2024

good

By Angel F B S

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Nov 3, 2022

Nice

By NARAYANAMANIKANDAN B

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Jul 12, 2021

Good

By Karthika R N

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Jun 13, 2021

By Zuhayr M

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Jun 9, 2020

This is my 2nd online course so I will be comparing with that.

This felt more like lecturers were given to talk straight out of notes, didn't feel like natural.

1 week has only 1 tests with massive amount of info for only 12 questions. 2-3 normal test after a few modules in the middle of week would be better (this tests don't count in graded section but only to flesh out more question opportunity) (this was the structure in my earlier MOOC)

By Bedros B

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Nov 8, 2020

I wouldn't say this is a beginner course. It is quite challenging for beginners. I do like the educational material itself. It is very insightful. The lectures are a little dull (instructors are mostly reading off of slides which isn't too engaging). Overall, I struggled and learned a lot.

By Erik W

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Mar 22, 2021

Lot of different info was presented, making it informative but less suited to my interests than expected.

Main drawback, however, was that the course material was sometimes quite advanced (i.m.h.o.) while the assessment was really, really easy.

By Tomas T

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May 16, 2021

Nice introduction to industrial biotech. The last part focused a bit too much on the therapeutically part "what do the things produced do", when I personally am interested in the production part "how products are produced at scale"