BIOT 505- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 28 pages long!)

• School: McGill University
• Department: Biotechnology
• Course: BIOT 505
• Professor: Elias Georges

Document Summary

Lecture 1: course introduction/ protein interactions and biomarker discovery elias georges. What is biotechnology: a te(cid:272)h(cid:374)olog(cid:455) i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)i(cid:374)g the use of (cid:271)iologi(cid:272) orga(cid:374)is(cid:373) (cid:894)(cid:373)i(cid:272)ro(cid:895), (cid:271)io(cid:373)ole(cid:272)ules (cid:894)protein/dna), extracts (drugs) or tools (diagnostics) to produce products. eg: neurons detecting silicon used to detect signs of explosive cancer cells. Strong and solid business plans with strategies to commercialize such products. Value of biotechnology products (cid:862)feed, heal a(cid:374)d po(cid:449)er our (cid:449)orld(cid:863) Low tech and designer food products. eg. beer (considered as the first biotechnology product). Future biotechnology products will require : greating the understanding of biology. Allows a much greater understanding of biology: application of physical sciences, physics eg. x-ray crystallography (discovery of dna helix, proteins and enzymes), tracr radio isotopes, microscopes, mri. Q: how to apply their research/findings to generate a biotechnology product. Think of a product, with figure (one page, can have multiple figures on it) is necessary for understanding of your invention. Using crispr to knockout enzyme in gluten creation pathway.