Cell Factory Engineering (CFE)
Cell Factory Engineering
Study Line: 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 study line, 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 study line (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)
General Competence Courses
Mandatory course:
| 28485 | Biobusiness and Process Innovation | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 42500 | Innovation in Engineering | 5 | point | January |
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| 42504 | Innovation in Engineering | 5 | point | August |
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| 42501 | Innovation in Engineering | 5 | point | June |
A minimum of 20 ETCS must be achieved from the following General Competence Courses courses:
| 02411 | Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments | 5 | point | Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17), Spring F1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 27230 | Prokaryotic cell biology | 5 | point | Autumn E1A (Mon 8-12) |
| 27423 | Metabolomics and proteomics | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 27430 | Eukaryotic cell biology | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 27460 | Synthetic biology | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 27641 | Systems biology | 5 | point | Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 28857 | Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and quality in pharmaceutical, biotech and food industry - Practical version | 7.5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) and Autumn E3B (Fri 13-17) |
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| 28855 | Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and quality in pharmaceutical, biotech and food industry - Theoretical version | 5 | point | Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17) |
Technological Specialization Courses
At least 30 ETCS should be selected among the following courses, of which 27410 (Computer-aided cell factory design), 27455 (Microbial adaption to industrial processes), and 27432 (Experimental molecular biology of eukaryotes) are highly recomended:
| 27220 | Advanced prokaryotic biotechnology | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 27255 | Advanced experimental prokaryotic molecular biology and ecology | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 27330 | Quantitative analysis and modeling in protein science | 5 | point | Spring F3B (Fri 13-17) |
| 27410 | Computer-aided cell factory design | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 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) |
| 27432 | Experimental molecular biology of eukaryotes | 5 | point | January |
| 27455 | Microbial adaptation to industrial processes | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |