Product Isolation 

Component code / course code: 

Semester: summer

ECTS credits: 2

Lecture hours per week (SWS): 2

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Sybille Ebert

Course language: English

Prerequisite: 

Objectives (Learning Outcome): 

  • Master the important principles and methods of Protein purification on laboratory and process scale
  • are able to practically process biomolecules and to characterize
  • can precipitation processes, protein crystallization, Chromatography and tangential flow filtrations practical carry out
  • can biomolecules on the measurement of Characterize enzyme activities
  • can determine the purity of protein solutions.

Lecture topics (content):

  • Introduction to the processing of biomolecules
  • Cell disruption methods
  • Basics of chromatography
  • Chromatographic separation methods for the separation of Biomolecules (ion exchanger, hydrophobic interaction, mixed mode, affinity, reversed phase and size exclusion)
  • Process design for production scale
  • Radial and continuous chromatography
  • Precipitation and crystallization
  • Filtration process
  • Two-phase systems for the separation of biomolecules

Teaching format (e.g. online/in person lecture/Seminar/Lab etc.): Lecture

Examination: Written Examination