COURSE UNIT TITLE

: IMMOBILIZED SYSTEMS AND APPLICATION AREAS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYT 5011 IMMOBILIZED SYSTEMS AND APPLICATION AREAS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MÜNIRE NALAN DEMIR

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biotechnology
Ph.D. in Biotechnology
BIOTECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

Clinical, pharmaceutical, analytical and industrial application areas of some compounds as well as enzyme, cell and organelles immobilized on a main matrix by physical or chemical methods will be dealt with and broadly exemplified.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have a knowledge as to methods applied for the preparation of immobilized systems and general principles,
2   Have a knowledge about clinic and pharmaceutic applications of immobilized systems and discuss,
3   Have a knowledge about biosensor and FET detector applications of immobilized systems and discuss,
4   Have a knowledge about analytic applications and discuss,
5   Have a knowledge about industrial applications and discuss.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Immobilization Techniques and General Principles
2 Properties of Carriers Used in the Immobilization of Enzyme, Cell, Organelle and Some Chemicals
3 Physical and Chemical Immobilization Methods of Enzyme, Cell, Organelle and Some Chemicals
4 Clinic and Pharmaceutic Applications of Immobilized Systems
5 Biosensor and FET Dedector Applications of Immobilized Systems
6 Fiber-Optic Systems and Spectroscopy
7 Immunosensors
8 Mid-term exam
9 Flow Analyses
10 Analytical Applications of Immobilized Systems-I
11 Analytical Applications of Immobilized Systems-II
12 Industrial Aminoacid and Antibiotic Production by Immobilized Systems
13 Industrial Starch Liquefaction by Immobilized Systems
14 Homework and Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: Cao, L., Carrier-bound Immobilized Enzymes: Principles, Application and Design, Wiley-VCH, 2006.
Supplementary Book: George G. Guilbault ve Marco Mascini, Analytical Uses of Immobilized Biological Compounds for Detection, Medical and Industrial Uses, D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1998.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Question-answer technique
3. Home work

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term, final and resit exams, active participation to the lecture, homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Science Faculty, Chemistry Department
leman.tarhan@hotmail.com

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30-15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for Final Exam 1 30 30
Preparing Homework and Presentations 1 26 26
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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