Cell Factory Engineering (CFE) - Specialization

 

Cell Factory Engineering

Specialization: Cell Factory Engineering:

  • Cell Factory engineers contribute to the transition towards a sustainable society by supplying genetically engineered cell factories for fermentation-based production of proteins or biochemicals.
  • Within this specialization, you will obtain competences in designing, constructing, and optimizing cell factories using either bacterial, yeast, molds, plant or animal cell cultures.
  • Focus areas include optimization of cellular performance using techniques and knowledge from synthetic biology, genetic engineering, secondary metabolites, cell physiology, and regulatory networks.

Recomended prequisites for the specialization (to be completed during the bachelor education):

  • Bioinformatics (exemplified by the DTU course: 22111 Introduction to Bioinformatics)
  • Experimental microbiology (exemplified by the DTU course: 27027 Experimental Molecular Microbiology)

 

Choose 30 ECTS among the following programme-specific courses to obtain the specialization Cell Factury Engineering: 

27246 Applied enzyme technology and kinetics 5 point E7 (Tues 18-22)
27419 Filamentous fungi: Biology and biotechnology 5 point Spring F1A (Mon 8-12)
27422 Biosynthesis of natural products 5 point Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17)
27423 Metabolomics and proteomics 5 point Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12)
27430 Eukaryotic cell biology 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
27455 Microbial adaptation to industrial processes 5 point Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12)

Specializations are merely recommended ways of choosing the courses in the curriculum. Applicants are not admitted to a specialization but to the programme and it is possible to choose among all the courses in the curriculum following the directions given. However, if a specialization has been fulfilled the title of the specialization may be added to the diploma.