UMYMFOR   05516
UNIDAD DE MICROANALISIS Y METODOS FISICOS EN QUIMICA ORGANICA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Experiences on the creation of a specialization career in Industrial Biotechnology: a case of synergistic interaction between academic and industry ? oriented institutions
Autor/es:
M. CASSANELLO; A. DIAZ; A. BALDESSARI; M.P.BUERA; G. CABRERA; M.A. KAPPA; F. FORCHIASSIN; J. MUSCHIETTI; A. KRIMER; J. PETTINARI; L. DICELIO; A. COUTO; N. LOPEZ; GUERRERO S; L. MATOS; A.SUPANITSKY
Lugar:
Milán
Reunión:
Congreso; 2nd ISEKI Food Conference; 2011
Institución organizadora:
ISEKI Food Association
Resumen:
The proposal was originated in 2007 from an agreement between two Argentine institutions, the School of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEyN, University of Buenos Aires) and the National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI), with the aim of contributing to the formation of human resources with competences in biotechnology-based industries.  Professionals who work in the design and operation of bioprocesses are formed either in Schools of Sciences or in Engineering, with scarce specific orientation on the different areas relevant to bioprocesses. On the other side, even if several graduate and post-graduate careers in Biotechnology exist in Argentina, most of them are strongly oriented to molecular biology, and generally centered on the research-generated offer, not on the industrial application or demanded production at the industrial scale. Thus, there is a lack of human resources with skills in the several requirements demanded by the ?changing frontiers? biotechnology industries. The curricula organization was developed by an academic committee, composed by members of FCEyN and INTI (Center of Biotechnology) and the first course started in 2009. The specialization career covers 488 h, comprising 80h of articulation courses (basic aspects of biological, organic, and physical chemistry, molecular biology and transport phenomena) and 408 h of specialization courses (including technological aspects, practical work in a pilot plant, analytical tools, regulation, safety and quality aspects, and also intellectual property, bioethics, business and economy issues). A project on bioprocess design is finally performed by each student, individually or within a small group, to incorporate the acquired knowledge to a specific case study. In the first promotion, 27 students have obtained their degrees. An autoevaluation carried out by the academic committee after the first graduated group, allowed fixing several aspects, such as fostering practical work, re-organization of the final curricula, publication of the final works and inclusion of workshops. The second promotion (in course) is composed of 25 students. The Specialization in Industrial Biotechnology promotes applied research transversally to several disciplines and enables the insertion of new professionals that are able to combine product development at a laboratory scale with the capacity of its implementation at a commercial