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Separations in Biotechnology
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:23:58
Abstract
Separations play an integral part of any biotechnological process. This course aims at enabling students from various backgrounds (process engineering, biotechnology) to select and design suitable separation processes for typical biotechnological products such as monoclonal antibodies, antibiotics, and fine chemicals.
Objective
Students should be able to select for a given biotechnological product a suitable set of purification operations and judge on their economy.
Content
Cell harvesting by centrifugation – cell disruption – extraction – membrane operations and filtration - adsorption and chromatography – precipitation – lyophilization – polishing – process design - economics
Resources
Lecture Notes
Handouts during course
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- session examination
- Mode
- oral 30 minutes
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| lecture | Separations in Biotechnology |
|
2 h weekly |
| exercise | Separations in Biotechnology |
|
1 h weekly |