Tailored Materials and Enzymes for Industrial Processes – Basic Module

Course content

• Topic 1: Enzyme Production and Engineering (Units 1-2)

• Topic 2: Biocatalysis (Units 3-4)

• Topic 3: Process Engineering (Units 5-6)

Learning goals

After completing the MOOC, participants will be able to:

Understand what an enzyme is, and how they can be found in nature, and produced at the required industrial quantities.

Know how enzymes can be genetically designed, and tailored for particular processing conditions.

Learn what is known as biocatalysis, and why this key emerging technology is nowadays highly  important to reach future sustainable syntheses.

Acquire knowledge on how different types of enzymes show different mechanisms, and how this can be used to synthesize a plethora of important compounds, from optically active molecules to bulk chemicals.

Develop process engineering skills, by learning how enzymatic processes can be implemented at practical scale, and what parameters are crucial to reach powerful synthetic processes.

Understand the motivation of immobilizing enzymes, to heterogenize them allowing the reusability of the catalyst and simplifying downstream processing.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of biochemistry, organic chemistry, and chemical reaction engineering is expected.

Course schedule

The MOOC is divided into 6 units. Every week one unit is published. Each unit contains at least one lecture video, accompanying transcripts, sometimes bonus material in the form of an experimental video or an industrial interview and a self-assessment quiz to check the learning goals.

Synchronous phases are not planned so that learners can work through content at their own pace.

For actively participating in the course you will receive an automatic certificate which includes your username, the course name as well as the completed lessons. We want to point out that this certificate merely confirms that the user answered at least 75% of the self-assessment questions correctly.

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