Cell factories and industrial enzyme applicationsLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

The student knows how enzyme reactions act on natural raw materials and is familiar with different industrial and analytical enzyme applications. He/she also knows how the microbe based cell factories work and can explain the research methods in metagenomics.

Content

1. The most common enzymes from the nature: proteases, starch hydrolysing enzymes, cellulases, hemicellulases, ligninases, lipases etc.
2. Enzymes in industrial applications and laboratory analyzes
3. Microbes as cell factories and research areas of metagenomics

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1. The student knows how some commonly used industrial enzymes catalyze the hydrolyzing reactions of their substrates.
2. The student can tell how the different enzymes are used in industrial processes and in laboratory analyses
3. The student knows how the microbe based cell factories work and the meaning of the word metagenomics.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

1. Student can compare the benefits and disbenefits of enzyme immobilization in the different applications.
2. Student can tell how the different enzymes are used in industry (washing agents, foodstuffs) and laboratory analysis and diagnostics. He also knows the Finnish research fields in enzyme technology.
3. Student can compare the artificial photosynthesis to normal photosynthesis and can tell the research areas in Metagenomics.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

1. Student can evaluate the different enzyme modifying methods and knows how gene technology can help with this modification.
2. Student can evaluate the local enzyme industry to the international enzyme industry.
3. Student can evaluate how the new research methods (like Next Generation Sequencing) give us more information of the microbies roles in the Metagenomics.