10.345
Fundamentals of Metabolic and Biochemical Engineering: Applications to Biomanufacturing
Examines the fundamentals of cell and metabolic engineering for biocatalyst design and optimization, as well as biochemical engineering principles for bioreactor design and operation, and downstream processing. Presents applications of microbial processes for production of commodity and specialty chemicals and biofuels in addition to mammalian cell cultures for production of biopharmaceuticals. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
Prerequisites & course information
Subject meets with 10.545 Prereq: 5.07[J] , 7.05 , or permission of instructor U (Spring) Not offered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027