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Basics of biology for engineers

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	Location		IMEC vzw Kapeldreef 75 B-3000 Leuven, BELGIUM

	Date		October 02, 2006 October 03, 2006

Target group

This tutorial is targeted at a broad audience ranging from scientists and engineers to financial and managerial decision makers. Who also will benefit from attending this short course are patent lawyers, R&D managers looking for new outlets for their manufacturing skills, marketeers looking for new goods to sell and the CEO with a vision for the next product. The material is made very accessible so that even the layman will be comfortable with all of the lectures. The course is preceded by a 1.5 day introduction: Basics of Biology for Engineers. Refer to the specific leaflet for more details.

Objectives

The objective of this course is to introduce basic concepts in the field of biology and biochemistry to laymen in the field. These concepts will allow to grasp the importance of these issues for the field of biotechnology. Formerly of importance to exact science and pharmaceutical industry, but penetrating more and more into other key sectors such as food manufacturing and food quality control.

Abstract

Life is based on (bio)chemicals. Knowledge of the basic characteristics of biomolecules and insight in cellular functioning by engineers could foster the development of miniaturization applications. Important biomolecules such as proteins and DNA arealready subjected to miniaturization technology in protein and DNA arrays. Insight in structure and function of these biomolecules is essential.

In this tutorial we are reviewing structure and function of major cell components. We focus on DNA and proteins. This tutorial is targeted at a broad audience with limited or no background in biology and biochemistry. It is meant as an introductory course for engineers to important biomolecules, relevant to biosensor and molecular diagnostic fundamentals. The material is made accessible to the layman in the field of molecular biology.

Programme

	Day 1		Structure and function of major components of the cell; focus on proteins Carla Snoeck, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium

	Day 2 (am)		Nucleic acids and the genetic code: the information governing life Steven van Campenhout, KULeuven, Leuven, BELGIUM

	Day 2 (pm)		Viruses, bacteria and multicellular organisms Kirsten Hertveldt. KULeuven, Leuven, BELGIUM

Informatie & registratie

For more information and registration, please visit: http://www.imec.be/tcmwebapp/internet/course.tcm?L=EN_GB&K=MTC&Course=AAAABEP.