4 ECTS credits
100 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4007975FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students must have followed ‘Industrial microbiology’, before they can enroll for ‘Industrial Biotechnology including Intellectual Property Rights and Industrial Seminars’.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
Department
Bio-Engineering Sciences
Educational team
Kris Pappaert
Stefan Weckx (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

Part Industrial Biotechnology:

After a general introduction to industrial biotechnology, the production of secondary metabolites is discussed, including biopolymers (exopolysaccharides, polyhydroxyalkanoates), single cell oil, biosurfactants, antibiotics (including multienzyme thiotemplate mechanism of biosynthesis, including bacteriocins and lantibiotics), alkaloids, mycotoxins, gibberellines, enzyme inhibitors, etc. Also the production of industrially applied enzymes will be discussed, as well enzyme technology and biocatalysis in non-food industries, such as in the wood and paper industry, the detergent industry, the textile industry, etc. Next, biocatalysis in the chemical industry will be discussed (fine chemicals, platform molecules, green/sustainable chemistry) as well as the production of bio-colorants, aromas and flavours and other bioadditives. Finally, the production of bio-energy (biofuels, bio-electricity, etc.) will be discussed.


Part Intellectual Property Rights:

 

This course introduces the principles of the protection of intellectual property (copyright, patent, design right, trademark ... ) and focuses in particular on patent law as a legal means for protecting technological innovations. The course introduces the basics (registration , priority, novelty, inventive step , infringement ... ) of Intellectual Property Rights and provides the basic principles of IP law, thereby gaining insight into the basic principles and how they can be applied in practice. In addition, more information is provided regarding how to work with patent databases and details on the information that is contained therein, in particular focusing on the different methods for searching in these databases and which databases are available to the public for carrying out investigations into, for example, the state of the art.

 

Part Industrial Seminars:

Halfday seminars by persons from industry and/or authorities concerning, for instance, bioethics, genetically modified organisms (for instance in agriculture), regulations in food policy, (bio)safety, ...

 

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Powerpoint
Handbook (Recommended) : Brock Biology of Microorganisms, M.T. Madigan, J.M. Martinko & J. Parker, 16de, Prentice Hall International, Inc., New Jersey, 9781292404790, 2021
Handbook (Recommended) : Enzymes in Industry, Production and Applications, Wolfgang Aehle, 3de, Wiley-VCH, 9783527316892, 2007
Handbook (Recommended) : Industrial Microbiology, An introduction, M.J. Waits, N.L. Morgan, J.S. Rocky and G. Higton, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 9780632053070
Handbook (Recommended) : Basic Biotechnology, C. Ratledge and B. Kristiansen, BIB, 9780521549585, 2006
Additional info

Attending the Industrial seminars is mandatory. In the event of absence, an alternative assignment will be provided in consultation with the titular.

Course notes and powerpoint presentations are provided for the partims Industrial Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights.

Learning Outcomes

General competences

To discuss, to understand and to be able to analyse and apply industrial, biotechnological processes.
To discuss, to understand and to be able to analyse and apply intellectual property rights.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Mondeling examen with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

    Note: Mondeling examen over het kennen en begrijpen van de basisprincipes van industriële biotechnologische processen (1 vraag) en de analyse van een industrieel biotechnologisch proces (1 vraag).
  • Mondeling examen with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

    Note: Oral examination with written preparation regarding (Question 1) knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of Intellectual property rights and (Question 2) applying these basic principles in a practical example (case study) which will be available to the students prior to the exam. Points are divided equally over both questions.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Partim Industrial Biotechnology:

Oral examination with written preparation to test the student's knowledge and analysis capacity of basic principles of industrial biotechnological processes (1 question) and the analysis of an industrial biotechnological process (1 question).

Partim Intellectual Property Rights:

Oral examination with written preparation regardiing (Question 1) knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of Intelectual property rights and (Question 2) applying these basic principles in a practical example (case study) which will be available to the students prior to the exam. Points are divided equally over both questions.

 

Each partim has a weight of 50% in the final mark on condition that the partial mark on each partim is at least 10/20. If the partial mark on at least one of the partims is lower than 10/20, the final mark will be equal to the lowest partial mark. The partial mark of the partim for which the student has passed is transferred to the second session. The student can relinquish the partial mark for the partim for which he has passed, provided that he notifies the titular by e-mail no later than August 15 (2nd session). Once the student has indicated that he will abandon his partial mark, he will irrevocably lose the partial mark.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Bioengineering Sciences: Cell and Gene Biotechnology: Medical Biotechnology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Bioengineering Sciences: Cell and Gene Biotechnology: Molecular Biotechnology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Bioengineering Sciences: Cell and Gene Biotechnology: Agrobiotechnology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Bioengineering Sciences: Chemistry and Bioprocess Technology: Food Biotechnology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Bioengineering Sciences: Chemistry and Bioprocess Technology: Chemical Biotechnology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Bioengineering Sciences: Chemistry and Bioprocess Technology: Biochemical Biotechnology (only offered in Dutch)