Principles of Biomanufacturing: Using Biotechnology to Manufacture Medicines

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• Discover how small changes in a protein therapeutic may change its efficacy, safety and manufacturability.
• Understand the method by which living cells are engineered to produce complex therapeutic proteins.
• Explore the way in which reactors are designed to support the growth of living cells that produce a target therapeutic.
• Learn how protein therapeutics are purified and how previous manufacturing steps inform how this is performed.
• Identify the keys to manufacture biopharmaceuticals in a regulated environment and analyze examples and case studies highlighting key biomanufacturing challenges.

• The course is open to any interested participant. No advance reading is required. The faculty strongly recommend participants have a basic understanding of organic chemistry, calculus, and molecular biology.