Molecular Biotechnology

◇Instructor： Prof. Shigenori Kanaya, Assist. Prof. Clement Angkawidjaja

◇Target： Master course students

◇Date & time： 

The first semester (From April to July), The second lesson every Thursday 10:30~12:00

◇Place： U2-214

◇Contents： 

Molecular biotechnology explains the molecular aspects of basic biochemical processes in living organisms in relation to their use in biotechnology. This course has a close relationship on the basics of protein science and engineering. There are several topics designed into this course: process of inheritance and protein synthesis, chemical and physical properties of amino acids and proteins, protein folding, protein three-dimensional structure, and structure-function relationship of proteins and enzymes. In the latter part of the lecture, students will also be introduced to the latest researches that have been conducted on the structure-function relationships of several biologically and biotechnologically important enzymes.

◇Website: http://www.mls.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/~bio_ext/mlsbe123/molbiotech/molbiotech.html