Research Seminar 3

Department
  • Master's Program Biotechnology
Course unit code
  • BT_MA16_3_12
Number of ECTS credits allocated
  • 1.0
Name of lecturer(s)
  • FH-Prof. Dr. Griesbeck Christoph, Dr. rer. nat. Richter Michael, Dr. Oberhuber Michael, Graf-Leitner Peter, PhD, Mag. Nußbaumer Carmen, PhD, Dr. Urbiola Rodriguez Carles
Mode of delivery
  • face-to-face
Recommended optional program components
  • none
Recommended or required reading
  • relevant professional journals
    databases:
    NCBI, PubMed, Science Direct, SciFinder, esp@cenet
Assessment methods and criteria
  • Course immanent examination
Level of course unit
  • Master
Year of study
  • Fall 2025
Semester when the course unit is delivered
  • 3
Language of instruction
  • English
Learning outcomes of the course unit
  • In this course, students develop advanced professional and methodological competence in scientific research and writing. The course provides plenty of practical examples by drawing on the current areas of research focus of the departmental and other MCI programs related to process engineering. Complementary guest lectures by select experts from industry and academia are included to broaden the participants’ scientific horizons and add to their methodological range.
    The focus of the course is on:
    • Pharmaceutical biotechnology
    • Food engineering
    • Biomedicine and molecular biotechnology
    • Algal biotechnology
    • Environmental biotechnology
Course contents
  • In this course, students learn about the current state of research and development projects conducted in the process engineering study programs at MCI. They are introduced to and provided with advanced knowledge of the methods applied in these projects and are further encouraged to challenge recent R&D findings and relevant methods. Alternative approaches will also be presented.

    • Presentation of the current research and development activities of the department
    • Discussion of different aspects of R&D addressed by guest lecturers from scientific and industrial research and development
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
  • integrated course
Work placement(s)
  • none

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