MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENT BIOTECHNOLOGY (MIEB)
| Module Code | Module Name | Description |
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| MIEB 501 | Basic Microbiology | Covers classification of microorganisms: basic bacteriology, virology and parasitology: techniques for culturing microorganisms; aerobes and anaerobes: metabolism: mutations and gene mapping: bioenergetics. |
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MIEB 502 |
Enzyme Technology | Covers enzyme kinetics; ligands and functional group modification; immobilized enzymes; industrial scale and enzyme purification; substrate analogues; bioreactors. |
| MIEB 503 | Recombinant DNA Technology I | Introduces students to Biochemistry, including purification and characterisation of proteins, humoral immunity and immunochemical techniques, and enzyme kinetics. Cloning vectors (plasmids, bacteriophages, cosmids and YACS). DNA restriction and modifying enzymes. Creation of Cdna and genomic libraries. Analysis of recombinants by DNA purification and characterization. Southern and Northern blotting, nucleic acid probes (preparation and labelling). |
| MIEB 504 Sem 1 | Recombinant DNA Technology II | This module covers in vitro amplification of DNA by PCR and its various applications, sequencing, site-directed in vitro mutagenesis, RFLPs, and RAPDs. It also covers expression systems (bacteria, yeast, insect, and mammalian) and the detection of expressed products. |
| MIEB 505 | Fermentation Technology | Mathematical models of fermentation; kinetics and stoichiometry of microbial growth; examples of industrial fermentation; construction of yeast genetics systems with greater fermentation efficiency; fermentation design and control: downstream processing; applications and implications. |
| MIEB 507 | Food and Beverage Biotechnology | Focuses on the biotechnology processes that focus specifically on food and beverages. Depth involves techniques in the production of beer, wine, and other alcoholic beverages. |
| MIEB 509 | Waste Management and Water Treatment | Covers sustainable waste management, contaminated land and landfill engineering, reuse and recycling in the manufacturing, municipal and healthcare sectors; health risks of waste to humans; sources of waste, composition and analysis, quantification of waste; water treatment technologies and legislation. |
| MIEB 510 | Environmental Biotechnology | Microbial ecology, Microbial biotransformations, bioremediation, waste treatment, water treatment, biogas production, bioleaching, microbial and enzymatic degradation of complex compounds, phytoremediation, biorecovery, green technologies, biodegradable polymers |
| MIEB 570 | Dissertation Project | Introduces students to research project studies, ethics in scientific research, powerpoint presentations, research project proposal presentations, and research project write-ups. |
