Bioprocessing- Scop & 0pportunity

Bioprocessing- scope & opportunity
Bioprocessing makes use of microorganisms, cells in culture or enzymes to manufacture products. Humans have been using such processes for baking bread, making cheese and fermenting alcoholic beverages since prehistoric times. Advances in recombinant DNA technology allow the production of an enormous variety of protein-based therapeutics that are having a profound impact on the quality of life for severely ill patients. Bioprocessing is also key to several emerging industries and technologies, including the production of renewable biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, therapeutic stem cells, gene therapy vectors, and new vaccines. The Food and Drug Administration imposes stringent regulations on bioprocessing in the biotech industry; this highly regulated environment has an enormous impact on plant operations and product manufacture
Students in the Bioprocessing focus area will obtain a thorough understanding of industrial processes from early-stage development through large-scale manufacture.
Career OptionsBioprocess EngineeringProcess DevelopmentManufacturing OperationsQuality Assurance/ComplianceRegulatory Affairs (cGMP)Project ManagementEnvironmental RemediationFood TechnologyTherapeutic Stem CellsDevelopment and Manufacture of Gene Therapy Vectors and VaccinesDevelopment and Production of Renewable BiofuelsNew Enterprise Development
Topics in the CurriculumBioprocess Engineering FundamentalsBioprocess Design and EconomicsUnit Operations and Process Flow DiagramsBioprocess Operations ManagementBioreactor Design and OperationsMicrobial FermentationMammalian and Stem Cell CultureBioseparationsBioprocess Development & Scale-upCurrent Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs)Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)Recombinant Protein ProductionProtein Recovery, Purification and AnalysisBeer and Wine FermentationViral Vaccines and Gene Therapy Vector ProductionRenewable Biofuels Production