Courses
Downstream Processing of Biotechnology Products
- March 11-14, 2008
- September 16-19, 2008
- March 10-13, 2009
- September 15-18, 2009
Do you have the knowledge and background to make intelligent decisions about your downstream processes? This offering is designed to provide an overview of this critical aspect of biotechnology and equip you with the knowledge and practical skills to optimize your separation and purification operations. In-depth presentations of the theoretical aspects of downstream processing are combined with unified hands-on laboratory sessions where the participant completes the steps to create a finished product from whole cells in culture. The characterization of the product using state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation is also covered.
Techniques In Animal Cell Culture & Scale-Up Strategies
- April 15-18, 2008
- November 11-14, 2008
- April 14-17, 2009
- November 10-13, 2009
This 3 1/2 - day course emphasizes extensive laboratory work and teaches modern techniques used with mammalian cell culture. Laboratory work includes hands-on experience in cell growth and subculturing, and extensive work with different types of bench scale bioreactors. This course was re-designed in 2005 to include lectures and laboratory work on cloning, nuclear transfer, and stem cell manipulations.
Microbial Fermentation: Development & Scale-Up
- May 13-16, 2008
- October 14-17, 2008
- May 12-15, 2009
- October 13-16, 2009
This 3 1/2 - day course emphasizes extensive laboratory work and demonstrations in microbial fermentation from bench scale to pilot scale. Laboratory work will be supported by lectures and discussions on the fundamentals of microbial growth, growth kinetics, strain development, and scale-up strategies. Participants will leave this course with the skills and knowledge to design and optimize fermentation processes in batch and fed-batch cultures.
Gene Expression & Microarray Analysis
- June 24-27, 2008
- June 23-26, 2009
This is an intensive training course covering the main areas of microarray technology. The course will focus on microbial as well as plant gene expression and will emphasize theory, sample preparations, labeling, fluorescent imaging, microarray data analysis, and data mining. Hands-on laboratory sessions will cover microarray tools, kits, reagents and services, experimental design, labeling cDNA synthesis, sample preparation, microarray reaction, microarray detection, data analysis and modeling, Affymetrix demonstration and more.
Bioinformatics
- August 6-8, 2008
- August 5-7, 2009
This 3-day course aims to introduce life science researchers to informatics approaches for analysis and visualization of high throughput data from genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic technologies. The course emphasizes combined lectures and hands-on learning of data analysis from public and commercial resources. Capabilities varying from sequence analyses with public resources and databases to statistical analysis of "omics" data will be demonstrated. Resources available at the Center will be showcased as modes to use informatics in understanding biology and designing experiments for omics technologies.