The promises of Biotechnology
How to make sense of a complex super-science in one day
This stand-alone, one day course is aimed at all those that would like a compact review of “what’s hot” in biotechnology but don’t necessarily need to understand how the underlying science works.
SBA members: CHF 800.-
All others: CHF 900.-
Student discounts available
This fees include:
• Pre-course online activities
• One day seminar
• Biotechnology for Beginners, R. Renneberg
• Interactive course CD
• Online educational extensions
• Lunch and coffee breaks
- The theoretical foundations of modern biology
- Genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry
- Genes and gene expression
- Recombinant DNA technology
- Genomics: why sequence genomes?
- Transcriptomics and gene expression
- Proteomics and new chemical reactions
- Metabolomics: discovering new substances
- Epigenetics: rethinking public health!
- Gene and cell therapies
- Transgenic organisms
- Biotech and the post-petroleum world
- Nanobiotechnology and synthetic biology
- Biology of aging: the dream of immortality
