BY 281. Biomanufacturing Techniques Lab

Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BY 260, BY 261, BY 270, and BY 271 all with a C or better.

Corequisite(s): BY 280 or equivalent course offered by Manhattan Area Technical College (MATC).

This course will enable student to work with a small-scale laboratory processes utilizing prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells in procedures used with a bioreactor to produce a biomass. The student will prepare and operate a bioreactor. The student will develop skills in protein purification methods, enzyme handling and assay methods, protein assay methods, and western blot/enzyme and antibody probe techniques. The student will be able to set up a bioreactor; grow prokaryotic cells, and isolate and characterize a specific protein from the cell mass.

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