Specialty – Biotechnologies of Natural Resources (BIOTECH)
Biology has long been a science of discovering what exists. Conversely, biotechnology involves a process of creation, invention and innovation. For over 30 years, UTC-Compiegne and UPJV-Amiens have been creating new ways of implementing biological functions, both to explain the behaviour of living systems and to develop technological tools. The rapid advance of knowledge in the field of biology, the increasingly short time separating scientific discovery from its industrial, agricultural or medical application, and a “bioindustry” increasingly focused on cutting-edge techniques derived from research, all militate in favour of such a course, demonstrating ever more clearly the continuum between fundamental and applied research.
Pedagogical context
The course is set against the backdrop of the rise of biotechnologies and the use of renewable carbon molecules to replace fossil reserves. This multi-disciplinary course is designed to provide students with a grounding in:
- structural biology,
- gene expression,
- exploitation of protein diversity,
- plant metabolism and applied knowledge of plant transformation processes,
- molecular recognition,
- industrial metabolic engineering,
- biosensors,
- microbiota and metagenomics,
- biocontrol, and molecular modelling and dynamics.
The pedagogical team is made up of lecturer-cum-research scientists from the two institutions behind the program (UTC-Compiegne and UPJV-Amiens), but also from other national and international universities, as well as professionals from the biotechnology industry.
Professional objectives
This programme is designed to train future managers to :
- implement methodologies for the transformation of biological functions adapted to markets in the biotechnology, biorefinery, biofuels, pharmaceutical, parapharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors, as well as the agri-food and agrochemical industries, taking into account safety and environmental constraints,
- define means, methods and techniques for valorizing and implementing research results,
- supervise and coordinate projects and teams.
Contact and documentation
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