Course details

  • Study time: 2-4h

  • Target audience: Bachelor and Master students, Industry/academia representatives in the field of (bio)chemical engineering, chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction

    • Meet the teacher

    • Learning objectives

    • What do you want to learn?

    • Present yourself to your classmates

    • Become familiar with the learning platform
  • 2

    Enzymes: characteristics and benefits

    • Characteristics and benefits

    • Exercise: enzyme catalysers and chemical reactions

    • Test your knowledge
  • 3

    Overview of the current enzyme market

    • Overview of the current enzyme market

    • Exercise: continents & enzyme growth

    • Exercise: 4 categories of end-uses for enzymes

    • Test your knowledge
  • 4

    The interest of enzymes in biocatalysis

    • The interest of enzymes in biocatalysis

    • Exercises

    • Test your knowledge
  • 5

    Challenges of biocatalysis and its innovations

    • Challenges of biocatalysis and its innovations

    • Test your knowledge

    • Exercise: technologies to improve enzyme performance
  • 6

    Biocatalysis innovations and goals

    • Biocatalysis innovations and goals

    • Test your knowledge

    • Exercise: Linking objectives and enzyme development
  • 7

    Conclusion

    • What did you learn?

    • Help us to improve this course

    • Thanks to our sponsors

Instructor(s)

Innovation project manager

Andres Comba

Innovation project manager at B4C.