2020 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
Introduction to Biotechnology
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Mina Okochi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue (S224)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CAP.C207
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
“Introduction to Biotechnology” is intended as a course for students trying to understand the basic of bioprocess engineering. This course is composed of mainly three parts covering 1) microorganism, 2) basic techniques in genetic engineering, and 3) current advances in bioanalytical sciencies and technologies. The objective of this course is that students not only deepen the knowledge of bioprocess engineering field but also have interests in current advancements of this field, and feel close relationship between biology, chemistry, and engineering.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) overview microorganisms and its cultivation methods
2) summarize basic of gentic engineering
3) understand analytical technology in gene expression, protein expression, and protein interaction
4) understand the merit of utilization of microfabrication technologies and exhaustive analysis method using omics technologies
Keywords
DNA, Protein, mRNA, Genetic engineering, Omics technology
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Towards the end of class, students are given exercise problems related to what is taught in the class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Microrganisms/Basic to genetic engineering 1 | Understand microorganisms taxonomy and its cultivation methods. Enable to explain central dogma |
| Class 2 | Microrganisms/Basic to genetic engineering 2 | Understand basic of genetic engineering |
| Class 3 | Basic to genetic engineering 1 | Enable to explain genetic manipulation, cloning technology, and genetic screening technology |
| Class 4 | Basic to genetic engineering 2 | Enable to explain construction methods of gene expression system and its evaluation |
| Class 5 | Analytical technology about gene expression, protein expression and protein interaction. | Understand gene expression and protein expression |
| Class 6 | Measurement of biological molecules using microfabrication technology | Understand recent advancements in bioanalytical chips and biodevices |
| Class 7 | Exercise problems to assess the student's level of understanding on what has been taught so far | Revise the course contents using the exercise problems to better understand the topics covered, and evaluate one's own progress |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Akihiko Kondo, Seiji Shibasaki Eds., "Genetic Engineering", Kagakudojin. ISBN978-4-7598-1110-0
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Donald Voet, Judith Voet, Charlotte Pratt, "Fundamentals of Biochemistry-Life at the Molecular level" 3rd edition,Tokyo Kagakudojin. ISBN978-4-8079-0712-0
Evaluation methods and criteria
Exercise problesm (30%), Examination (70%)
Related courses
- CAP.C206 ： Chemical Reaction Engineering I (Homogeneous System)
- CAP.C314 ： Bioprocess Engineering
Prerequisites
None