BTEC 2211 Industrial Cell Culture and Immunology (2-0-2)
This course teaches the skills needed to serve as a technician in an FDA-regulated biotechnology production facility. The course emphasizes the use of current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), and students gain experience writing and following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Upstream (fermentation, hybridoma cell growth, bioreactor preparation) and downstream (protein chromatography, tangential flow filtration, quality control assays) processes are described and correlate with laboratory activities. Essential concepts in immunology such as cell-mediated and antibody-mediated immune responses, vaccines, and monoclonal antibodies are also discussed.