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Overview
What you will study
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how critical it is to control contagious diseases through vaccines and other biopharmaceuticals. In this Bioprocess Foundations course offered by University of Toronto , you’ll compare microbial and mammalian cell processes and learn how to set up and operate a bioreactor. You’ll identify typical steps in upstream and downstream processing of biologicals and understand how to monitor cell number, nutrient depletion, and waste accumulation.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Define bioprocessing and describe the basic principles of cell growth
- Recognize the basic differences and similarities in the nature of microbial and mammalian/eukaryotic cell culturing processes
- Describe bioreactor set up and basic operations
- Identify typical steps in upstream and downstream processing of biologicals
- Identify and describe methods to monitor cell number, nutrient depletion and waste accumulation
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 1 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
Delivered
Blended
Disciplines
BiochemistryWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- All micro courses are open to everyone and there are no prerequisites or “application” requirements.
Tuition Fee
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International
2000 CAD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2000 CAD for the full programme during 1 months. -
National
2000 CAD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2000 CAD for the full programme during 1 months.
Living costs for Toronto
1502 - 2563 CAD /month
Living costs
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