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Genetic Engineering of an Unconventional Yeast for Renewable Biofuel and Biochemical Production
Published on: September 20, 2016
[Graduate teaching reform on synthetic biology featuring the discipline of fermentation engineering]
Guoqiang Xu1,2, Shiqin Yu1,3, Jingwen Zhou1,3
1School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu, China.
Abstract:
Industrial biotechnology is regarded as the most promising technology for sustainable industrial development. The advancement of synthetic biology creates new opportunities and infinite possibilities for the progress of industrial biotechnology. Fermentation engineering is the grab and foothold of the industrialization of all the biotechnologies. Our teaching team optimized the teaching content and innovated the teaching mode to establish a teaching system of synthetic biology matching fermentation engineering. We highlighted the teaching characteristics (telling fermentation story cultivated the craftsmanship spirit; bioeconomic education strengthened the engineering thinking; bioethics and safety education fostered a sense of responsibility), then we summarized and prospected the teaching reform of this course. We believe that the teaching reform of synthetic biology will improve the learning performance of postgraduates, provide a reference for the teaching of synthetic biology in related fields, and promote the development of industrial biotechnology (strengthening the innovation capability in biological manufacturing and cultivating new momentum for bioeconomy).
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