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KLI065 Food biotechnology and bioactivity assessment lp1 HT19 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Biology and Biological Engineering

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Learning objectives and syllabus

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After the course you should be acquainted with, understand and be able to describe:

• The main features of main-microorganisms used in food fermentation
• The biochemical changes taking place during food fermentation; traditional as well as modern production of fermented food. Understand the role of the microorganisms in that change.
• The benefits from food fermentation on nutrition, health, preservation, aroma and texture.
• The principles of the important NICE expression systems of Lactic Acid Bacteria, importance in food context.
• The concept of probiotics; mechanisms involved and how probiotics can be used in food.
• Strategies for overproducing additives for food such as amino acids, vitamins, polysaccharides and enzymes.
• Food bioactive compounds
• Yeast in a food biotechnology perspective: Yeast products including: biomass, aroma/flavor compounds, beverages, enzymes such as phytase, vitamins e.g. folates, probiotics, feed, in aquaculture, color, fermented dairy products, indigenous traditional fermented foods such as togwa and pulque
• The concepts of nutraceuticals and functional foods. Selected examples, clinical evidence and more.
• Current marine food biotechnology
• Food allergy and gluten intolerance - biotechnology to reduce the problem.
• Selected basic plant food biotechnology including symbiotic microorganisms, plant tissue culture - callus, N2 fixation (bacteria) and the Agrobacterium system for transforming plants.
• Probiotics in aquaculture
• Methodology and techniques for assessing uptake of specific nutrients in vitro (with special emphasis on minerals) by for instance applying human cell lines.
• Basics around human studies for assessing uptake of nutrients and effects (such as blood lipids) of diet on health related biomarkers.
• Nutritional metabolimics.

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