CBE 735 Bioseparations

Credits: (3-0) 3

This course introduces students to the principles and techniques used to recover and purify biologically-produced molecules, especially proteins, nucleic acids, and organic acids, from bacterial, mammalian, and agricultural production systems. The course will focus on centrifugation and filtration, membrane processing, two-phase extraction, precipitation and crystallization, adsorption and chromatography, and electrophoresis. Analysis will include micro and macro scale process modeling and simulation.

Prerequisites: CBE 318 or permission of instructor.

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