Microbiome Engineering (BE) - Specialization

 

Microbiome Engineering

Specialization: Microbiome Engineering:

  • Microbiome engineers contribute to the transition towards a sustainable society by  intelligent interferrence with biological systems within health, biomanufacturing, and environmental ecology.
  • Within this specialization, you will obtain competences in analysis, modeling, and altering the regulatory and competitive interactions between cells in cultures, consortia or microbial-host interactions.
  • Focus areas include optimization of cellular interactions using techniques and knowledge from systems biology, microbial physiology, regulatory networks, ecology, genetics, natural product chemistry, probiotics, microbial pathogenecity, consortia, biofilm performance, biocontrol, adaptive evolution, and immunology.

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

  • Experimental microbiology (exemplified by the DTU course: 27027 Experimental Molecular Microbiology)
  • General microbiology (exemplified by the DTU course: 27051 Applied biodiversity)
  • Bioinformatics (exemplified by the DTU course: 22111 Introduction to Bioinformatics)

Choose the following programme-specific courses (30 ECTS) to obtain the specialization Microbiome Engineering

22126 Next-Generation-Sequencing Analysis 5 point January
23260 Applied methods in metagenomics 5 point Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17)
27221 Microbiome engineering 5 point Spring F4A (Tues 13-17)
27422 Biosynthesis of natural products 5 point Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17)
27450 Development of microbial biofertilizers and other whole-cell biosolutions 5 point Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17)
27510 Biosensors and bioanalysis 5 point Spring F1A (Mon 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.