News on biotechnology and biotechnology courses from Biotechnology Studies Delft Leiden (BSDL), Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology.
From 22 – 26 May, the Advanced Course on Advanced Course Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches for Improvement of Industrial Microbes was organized by BioTech Delft. This intensive, activating, one-week course aims at providing fundamental and applied knowledge in the field.
This course offers a coherent overview of current state of the art omics technologies, bridging the different cellular levels, i.e. metabolomics, fluxomics, transcriptomics and proteomics. It will be shown how integrated application of these technologies provides holistic, quantitative insights in cellular physiology.
The program during this week is supported by a course board from the TU Delft, department Biotechnology, Jean-Marc Daran, Martin Pabst, Walter van Gulik and Aljoscha Wahl from Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen, Germany.
This was the second edition of this course and the lectures where provided by speakers from universities and industry; Alexander Wittenberg, Eduard Kerkhoven, Jeroen Demmers, Bas Teusink, Douwe Molenaar, Frank Bruggeman, Koen Verhagen, Barbara Kozak, Richard Zuiderent, Hector Garcia Martin, Marieke von Lindern and Joanna Kirkpatrick.
For a better understanding of the lectures and to stimulate active participation by those attending, this course combined lectures with a practical demonstration on Genome Sequencing Technology by Marcel van den Broek and Djordje Bajic.
The 24 participants in the course are from all over the world and work in an industrial company or at an university.
“The course was very well organized! The topics were all very interesting and the speakers were very enthusiastic.”
https://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/AC-MO-2023.jpg8171200Jenifer Baptistehttps://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/biotech-delft.pngJenifer Baptiste2023-05-30 10:05:132023-05-30 10:05:13Growing Great Minds: all you wanted to know about multi-omics approaches
From 17 – 21 April, the Advanced Course on Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering was organized by BioTech Delft (Yvonne van Gameren, Jenifer Baptiste). Organic chemists, enzymologists, microbiologists and (bio)chemical engineers from universities, together with invited international experts from industry presented their lectures (Burghard Konig, Rene de Jong, John Woodley, Gerard Muijzer, Sandy Schmidt, Roger Sheldon, Marco Fraaije, Oliver Thum, Martin Schurmann, Alessandra Basso, Mirjam Kabel, Bernard Hauer, Andreas Taglieber).
The program during this week is supported by a course board from the TU Delft, department Biotechnology, Ulf Hanefeld, Caroline Paul, Adrie Straathof, Frank Hollmann. For a better understanding of the lectures and to stimulate active participation by those attending, this intensive one-week course combined lectures with a practical demonstration of PyMOL by Peter-Leon Hagedoorn.
This advanced course aims to familiarize participants with the integrated, interdisciplinary approach required to utilize the catalytic potential of enzymes and whole cells for the production of useful compounds.
The participants (25 on-site and 5 online) in the course are from all over the world and work in the industry or at a university.
“It was nice to have small exercises to solve”
“The lectures were very logical and streamlined and easy to follow”
“I really enjoyed the calculation exercises during the lecture”
Next edition of this course will be held from 8 – 12 April 2024 in Delft, the Netherlands.
https://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/AC-BC-2023.jpeg8011200Jenifer Baptistehttps://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/biotech-delft.pngJenifer Baptiste2023-04-26 15:56:182023-04-26 15:57:18The best 5 days to skyrocket your expertness in Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering
It takes 36 participants, 350 typical Dutch cookies, 8 exercises, 65 phone calls with the online course leader, 21 speakers, 85 banana’s, 9 assistants from the Biotechnology Department, 8 lab tours and 100 bitterballen to achieve a successful advance course. From 18 – 27 January 2023 the Advanced Course on Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology […]
Last week we hosted the Advanced Course on Modelling and Computation for Micro-organisms in Bioprocesses (28 November – 2 December 2022) at PlanetB.io at the DSM site in Delft. During this course 21 international participants from both industry and universities participated, the course was organized hybrid with 17 on-site and 4 online participants. The course […]
https://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/AC-MCMB-2022.jpg8511200Jenifer Baptistehttps://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/biotech-delft.pngJenifer Baptiste2022-12-05 13:40:502022-12-05 16:02:51The key to modelling and computational methods in bioprocesses
Last week the Advanced Course on Bioprocess Design took place, hosted in cooperation with PlanetB.io at the DSM site in Delft, the Netherlands. This course is cooperatively organised with graduate school VLAG and was organized hybrid, with 32 on-site and 4 online participants. International participants from industry and universities participated. The course board leaders are […]
4 – 8 July 2022 the Advanced Course on Downstream Processing took place! 32 participants participated in the course, involved are Prof. Luuk van der Wielen and Prof. Marcel Ottens, Biotechnology, TU Delft. Besides the course presentations and assignments to solve, there was a case study to win, the case study was organized by PhD’s […]
8 – 17 June the 33th Advanced Course on Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology took place in Delft, the Netherlands. 34 participants from all over the world participated in this intensive course. Faculty staff of the TU Delft and invited (inter)national experts from other universities and industry offered lectures, exercises and demonstrated experiments. The course […]
https://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/MPFT-2022.png4191200Jenifer Baptistehttps://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/biotech-delft.pngJenifer Baptiste2022-06-19 00:02:362022-06-19 00:02:36Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
Last week we organized the Advanced Course Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering (4 – 8 April 2022). Hybrid means participants are joining the course online and on-site. In our case we had 13 online and 18 on-site participants. “It is a good thing that we can do both online and on-site training to those who cannot […]
https://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/ACBC-2022-group-picture.jpg8101200Jenifer Baptistehttps://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/biotech-delft.pngJenifer Baptiste2022-04-13 14:34:542022-04-13 14:34:54The hybrid format is still a success, 31 participants joined online and on-site!
Last week we organized the Advanced Course Modelling and Computation for Micro-organisms in Bioprocesses (29 Nov – 3 Dec 2021). Hybrid means participants are joining the course online and on-site. In our case we had 12 online and 16 onsite participants. “This was the only way I could follow it. It was really nice working […]
https://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/ACMCMB2021-group-picture.jpg8101200Jenifer Baptistehttps://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/biotech-delft.pngJenifer Baptiste2021-12-07 15:45:072021-12-20 11:45:41How is it possible to have 28 participants in a course during Covid? Organize it Hybrid!
Last week we hosted the new Advanced Course Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches for Improvement of Industrial Microbes (1 – 5 Nov. 2021). During this course 13 international participants from both industry and universities participated. Faculty staff, together with invited (inter)national experts from leading universities and industries showed how integrated applications of technologies provide holistic, quantitative insights […]
https://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/AC-MO-2021-Groepsfoto.jpeg8011200Jenifer Baptistehttps://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/biotech-delft.pngJenifer Baptiste2021-11-09 08:08:132021-11-24 13:11:17First run of the new Multi-Omics course!
Last week Planet B.io hosted the Advanced Course on Bioprocess Design (4 – 8 Oct. 2021) on the Biotech Campus Delft, organized by BioTech Delft. During this course 27 participants – 16 on site and 11 online – from both industry and universities participated. The course aimed to familiarize participants with the design of innovative […]
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28 June – 2 July 2021 the Advanced Course on Downstream Processing took place, this year the course was organized online because of the uncertainties for participants and lecturers to travel to Delft. 32 participants and 14 lecturers and assistants were involved for a whole week via Microsoft Teams.During the course presentations were given and […]
During the last corona period two enthusiastic Tourism Management students from Hogeschool InHolland made an online tour through the city of Delft. The tour brings you along touristic spots in Delft with a focus on Biotechnology.
https://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/kaart.jpg465620Jenifer Baptistehttps://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/biotech-delft.pngJenifer Baptiste2021-06-03 11:31:502021-10-13 16:24:38A little history of the Biotechnology developments in Delft
From 30 November – 4 December 2020, the first fully online Advanced Course of BioTech Delft took place, the Advanced Course Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering. Organic chemists, enzymologists, microbiologists and (bio)chemical engineers from the faculty staff of Delft University of Technology and other universities, together with invited international experts from industry presented their lectures online. […]
Due to the pandemic we are looking at a new way of teaching our Advanced Courses. 14-18 September, 22 participant participated in our course, 14 on-site and 8 online. The online participants followed all the lectures via ZOOM and worked online together with the on-site participants in the case study. This course is a collaboration […]
https://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/7.jpg9001200Jenifer Baptistehttps://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/biotech-delft.pngJenifer Baptiste2020-09-21 09:10:172021-10-13 16:24:51Advanced Course on Bioprocess Design with mix of on-site and online
This summer is different than other summers, because of the COVID-19 situation, we started to orientate ourselves in online education. Vincent started to film a MOOC about Scale up/Scale down together with three teachers that also work at DSM, Henk Noorman, Cees Haringa en Wouter van Winden. We are working on more online biotechnology education. […]
https://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/Week-32-2020-Sef-en-Scale-Up.png4441200Jenifer Baptistehttps://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/biotech-delft.pngJenifer Baptiste2020-08-11 18:14:082021-10-13 16:24:57What is BioTech Delft doing during this summer?
During the Advanced Course Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology in January 2019 Malena Amézquita (the winner of the MOOC Industrial Biotechnology prize) made a small movie of her stay in Delft during the course. She talks about what she learned in the course as well as what she did in Delft and surrounding during the […]
Due to the Coronavirus many of us are working from home, worldwide. We have therefore decided to open the MOOC Industrial Biotechnology as of tomorrow, March 24, at 2 pm CET until the June 2nd. Feel free to distribute to your contacts. Participation is free. https://www.edx.org/course/industrial-biotechnology-2 What will you learn in the MOOC: Week 1: […]
This week the Advanced Course on Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology (20 – 31 Jan. 2020) took place for the 32th time, organized by BioTech Delft. During this course 36 participants from industry and universities with 15 nationalities participated. The course aimed to familiarize participants with the integrated, interdisciplinary approach required in modern microbial biotechnology. […]
From 18-22 November 2019, the second version of the Multiscale Computational Methods in Bioprocesses took place. During the course the participants learned about modelling from industrial scale to molecular scale and back, using different approaches and software. There was an opportunity to visit the pop-up museum around 150 year yeast in Delft, displaying the life […]
https://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/MCMB-2019-collage.jpg8861200Jenifer Baptistehttps://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/biotech-delft.pngJenifer Baptiste2019-11-22 15:14:382021-10-13 16:25:26Multiscale modelling and 150 years of Gist
This week the Advanced Biofilm Course (7 – 12 Oct. 2019) toke place, organized by BioTech Delft. During this course 24 participants from industry and universities learned all about biofilms: biofilm imaging, microsensor techniques and mathematical modelling. One of the things needed for this course was fresh sea water. The sea water was used for […]
https://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/Week-40-Biofilm-sea-water.jpg4411078Jenifer Baptistehttps://biotechnologycourses.nl/wp-content/uploads/biotech-delft.pngJenifer Baptiste2019-10-10 14:07:062019-10-11 09:17:20The use of fresh sea water
On the 3rd of October 2019, the staff of BioTech Delft was invited for the Grand Opening Biotech Campus Delft. Amongst others, Constantijn van Oranje was there to open Planet B.io, the new centre for open innovation in industrial biotechnology. Planet B.io offers start-up companies access to an unique open ecosystem in Delft and expects […]
Every year the department of Biotechnology launches a free online course in Industrial Biotechnology. During that course one participant will win a free all-inclusive advanced course (including trip, stay cost and food) in the Delft, Netherlands. Last years winner will follow the advanced course Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology. The winner of 2018 was Magdalena […]
Every year the foundation of BioTech Delft sponsors the winner of the MOOC IB01x. The winner of 2017 choose the Advanced Course Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology. In January 2019 he joined us during the course. You can find a short interview about his experiences below. Published on 22 February 2019. Questions? Email us […]
TU Delft offers an interesting and fun MOOC on industrial biotechnology on the edX platform. This course provides insight and tools for the design of biotechnology processes, which is a great basis for our advanced courses. If you participate in the MOOC and obtain a verified certificate, you will receive a €150,- price reduction on the full fee for an […]
From 23-27 February 2015, our first course abroad took place: the Advanced Course Metabolomics for Microbial Systems Biology was held at Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil. BSDL and BE-Basic organized this course together with our partner universities Delft University of Technology, Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade de Campinas. The cooperation resulted in a team of four teachers from […]
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Dr. Lesley Robertson recently started a blog, where she writes on all the curious things she and her team of volunteers encouter while digitising and cataloguing the collection of the Beijerinck museum, a small museum dedicated to the history of microbiology and biotechnology. Former participants of our Advanced Course on Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology will surely […]
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Jeff Lievense, teacher in our Advanced Course Bioprocess Design, shared his thoughts on advancing industrial biotech in Biofuels Digest. Jeff is Executive Vice President Process Technology at Genomatica, a San Diego based company active in sustainable chemicals from renewable feedstocks. He and his team “translate biology into 100 kiloton fermentation-based chemical plants that perform”. Please find the link […]
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Great TED talk by Gerben Stouten on waste to resources. He explains how you can produce bioplastics from (candy factory) wastewater. Gerben is a scientist in the group of prof. Mark van Loosdrecht, and teacher in our Advanced Course Bioprocess Design.
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Yesterday the free, open, online biotechnology MOOC entitled “Technology for biobased products” that was developed by the Department of Biotechnology of Delft University of Technology (home of BSDL) started. This course teaches you the basics of process design for biobased products: from feedstock to biomaterials, chemicals and biofuels. You can register for free at the edx website. […]
Together with our partners, we are organizing the Advanced Course Metabolomics for Microbial Systems Biology in Brazil, at the Universidade de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Please have a look at the details here. Registration is not open yet; if you want to receive an email alert, please let us know by email.
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The free, open, online course (biotechnology MOOC) entitled “Technology for biobased products” that is currently being developed by the Department of Biotechnology of Delft University of Technology (home of BSDL), with start on October 27th, 2014. Quite a few teachers from the Advanced Courses also lecture in the MOOC. Warmly recommended! You can register for […]
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Prof. Jack Pronk, one of the course leaders of the Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology course, was a guest in the tv show “De kijker aan Z”. Please find the link to the video here (in Dutch).
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Mark van Loosdrecht, full professor in Environmental Biotechnology and course leader in our EB course, published a perspective on the next century of wastewater treatment in Science. Please follow this link or find the publication info below: Anticipating the next century of wastewater treatment Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht and Damir Brdjanovic Science 27 June 2014: […]
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The Department of Biotechnology of Delft University of Technology (home of BSDL) is developing a free, open, online course (MOOC) entitled “Technology for biobased products”: As fossil-based fuels and raw materials contribute to climate change, the use of renewable materials and energy as an alternative is in full swing. This transition is not a […]
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After a few busy months, we can look back on a very successful spring season: In April, we had the AC Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering with 22 participants. In May, the very first edition of the Bioprocess Design course took place in Wageningen. With 32 participants, the course was full. The course consisted of a combination […]
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Growing Great Minds: all you wanted to know about multi-omics approaches
/in News /by Jenifer BaptisteFrom 22 – 26 May, the Advanced Course on Advanced Course Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches for Improvement of Industrial Microbes was organized by BioTech Delft. This intensive, activating, one-week course aims at providing fundamental and applied knowledge in the field.
This course offers a coherent overview of current state of the art omics technologies, bridging the different cellular levels, i.e. metabolomics, fluxomics, transcriptomics and proteomics. It will be shown how integrated application of these technologies provides holistic, quantitative insights in cellular physiology.
The program during this week is supported by a course board from the TU Delft, department Biotechnology, Jean-Marc Daran, Martin Pabst, Walter van Gulik and Aljoscha Wahl from Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen, Germany.
This was the second edition of this course and the lectures where provided by speakers from universities and industry; Alexander Wittenberg, Eduard Kerkhoven, Jeroen Demmers, Bas Teusink, Douwe Molenaar, Frank Bruggeman, Koen Verhagen, Barbara Kozak, Richard Zuiderent, Hector Garcia Martin, Marieke von Lindern and Joanna Kirkpatrick.
For a better understanding of the lectures and to stimulate active participation by those attending, this course combined lectures with a practical demonstration on Genome Sequencing Technology by Marcel van den Broek and Djordje Bajic.
The 24 participants in the course are from all over the world and work in an industrial company or at an university.
“The course was very well organized! The topics were all very interesting and the speakers were very enthusiastic.”
The best 5 days to skyrocket your expertness in Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering
/in News /by Jenifer BaptisteFrom 17 – 21 April, the Advanced Course on Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering was organized by BioTech Delft (Yvonne van Gameren, Jenifer Baptiste). Organic chemists, enzymologists, microbiologists and (bio)chemical engineers from universities, together with invited international experts from industry presented their lectures (Burghard Konig, Rene de Jong, John Woodley, Gerard Muijzer, Sandy Schmidt, Roger Sheldon, Marco Fraaije, Oliver Thum, Martin Schurmann, Alessandra Basso, Mirjam Kabel, Bernard Hauer, Andreas Taglieber).
The program during this week is supported by a course board from the TU Delft, department Biotechnology, Ulf Hanefeld, Caroline Paul, Adrie Straathof, Frank Hollmann. For a better understanding of the lectures and to stimulate active participation by those attending, this intensive one-week course combined lectures with a practical demonstration of PyMOL by Peter-Leon Hagedoorn.
This advanced course aims to familiarize participants with the integrated, interdisciplinary approach required to utilize the catalytic potential of enzymes and whole cells for the production of useful compounds.
The participants (25 on-site and 5 online) in the course are from all over the world and work in the industry or at a university.
“It was nice to have small exercises to solve”
“The lectures were very logical and streamlined and easy to follow”
“I really enjoyed the calculation exercises during the lecture”
Next edition of this course will be held from 8 – 12 April 2024 in Delft, the Netherlands.
Bootcamp in microbial physiology and fermentation technology!
/in News /by Jenifer BaptisteIt takes 36 participants, 350 typical Dutch cookies, 8 exercises, 65 phone calls with the online course leader, 21 speakers, 85 banana’s, 9 assistants from the Biotechnology Department, 8 lab tours and 100 bitterballen to achieve a successful advance course. From 18 – 27 January 2023 the Advanced Course on Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology […]
The key to modelling and computational methods in bioprocesses
/in News /by Jenifer BaptisteLast week we hosted the Advanced Course on Modelling and Computation for Micro-organisms in Bioprocesses (28 November – 2 December 2022) at PlanetB.io at the DSM site in Delft. During this course 21 international participants from both industry and universities participated, the course was organized hybrid with 17 on-site and 4 online participants. The course […]
A competitive and educational Advanced Course on Bioprocess Design
/in News /by Jenifer BaptisteLast week the Advanced Course on Bioprocess Design took place, hosted in cooperation with PlanetB.io at the DSM site in Delft, the Netherlands. This course is cooperatively organised with graduate school VLAG and was organized hybrid, with 32 on-site and 4 online participants. International participants from industry and universities participated. The course board leaders are […]
Best Design Award Advanced Course Downstream Processing
/in News /by Jenifer Baptiste4 – 8 July 2022 the Advanced Course on Downstream Processing took place! 32 participants participated in the course, involved are Prof. Luuk van der Wielen and Prof. Marcel Ottens, Biotechnology, TU Delft. Besides the course presentations and assignments to solve, there was a case study to win, the case study was organized by PhD’s […]
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
/in News /by Jenifer Baptiste8 – 17 June the 33th Advanced Course on Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology took place in Delft, the Netherlands. 34 participants from all over the world participated in this intensive course. Faculty staff of the TU Delft and invited (inter)national experts from other universities and industry offered lectures, exercises and demonstrated experiments. The course […]
The hybrid format is still a success, 31 participants joined online and on-site!
/in News /by Jenifer BaptisteLast week we organized the Advanced Course Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering (4 – 8 April 2022). Hybrid means participants are joining the course online and on-site. In our case we had 13 online and 18 on-site participants. “It is a good thing that we can do both online and on-site training to those who cannot […]
How is it possible to have 28 participants in a course during Covid? Organize it Hybrid!
/in News /by Jenifer BaptisteLast week we organized the Advanced Course Modelling and Computation for Micro-organisms in Bioprocesses (29 Nov – 3 Dec 2021). Hybrid means participants are joining the course online and on-site. In our case we had 12 online and 16 onsite participants. “This was the only way I could follow it. It was really nice working […]
First run of the new Multi-Omics course!
/in News /by Jenifer BaptisteLast week we hosted the new Advanced Course Integrated Multi-Omics Approaches for Improvement of Industrial Microbes (1 – 5 Nov. 2021). During this course 13 international participants from both industry and universities participated. Faculty staff, together with invited (inter)national experts from leading universities and industries showed how integrated applications of technologies provide holistic, quantitative insights […]
Successful hybrid version of the Bioprocess Design course
/in News, Uncategorized /by VincentLast week Planet B.io hosted the Advanced Course on Bioprocess Design (4 – 8 Oct. 2021) on the Biotech Campus Delft, organized by BioTech Delft. During this course 27 participants – 16 on site and 11 online – from both industry and universities participated. The course aimed to familiarize participants with the design of innovative […]
Online Advanced Course on Downstream Processing 2021
/in News, Uncategorized /by Jenifer Baptiste28 June – 2 July 2021 the Advanced Course on Downstream Processing took place, this year the course was organized online because of the uncertainties for participants and lecturers to travel to Delft. 32 participants and 14 lecturers and assistants were involved for a whole week via Microsoft Teams.During the course presentations were given and […]
A little history of the Biotechnology developments in Delft
/in News, Uncategorized /by Jenifer BaptisteDuring the last corona period two enthusiastic Tourism Management students from Hogeschool InHolland made an online tour through the city of Delft. The tour brings you along touristic spots in Delft with a focus on Biotechnology.
First fully online Advanced Course
/in News, Uncategorized /by Jenifer BaptisteFrom 30 November – 4 December 2020, the first fully online Advanced Course of BioTech Delft took place, the Advanced Course Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering. Organic chemists, enzymologists, microbiologists and (bio)chemical engineers from the faculty staff of Delft University of Technology and other universities, together with invited international experts from industry presented their lectures online. […]
Advanced Course on Bioprocess Design with mix of on-site and online
/in News, Uncategorized /by Jenifer BaptisteDue to the pandemic we are looking at a new way of teaching our Advanced Courses. 14-18 September, 22 participant participated in our course, 14 on-site and 8 online. The online participants followed all the lectures via ZOOM and worked online together with the on-site participants in the case study. This course is a collaboration […]
What is BioTech Delft doing during this summer?
/in News, Uncategorized /by Jenifer BaptisteThis summer is different than other summers, because of the COVID-19 situation, we started to orientate ourselves in online education. Vincent started to film a MOOC about Scale up/Scale down together with three teachers that also work at DSM, Henk Noorman, Cees Haringa en Wouter van Winden. We are working on more online biotechnology education. […]
Malena Amézquita MOOC winner Industrial Biotechnology visited Delft
/in News, Uncategorized /by Jenifer BaptisteDuring the Advanced Course Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology in January 2019 Malena Amézquita (the winner of the MOOC Industrial Biotechnology prize) made a small movie of her stay in Delft during the course. She talks about what she learned in the course as well as what she did in Delft and surrounding during the […]
Free MOOC Industrial Biotechnology
/in News, Uncategorized /by Jenifer BaptisteDue to the Coronavirus many of us are working from home, worldwide. We have therefore decided to open the MOOC Industrial Biotechnology as of tomorrow, March 24, at 2 pm CET until the June 2nd. Feel free to distribute to your contacts. Participation is free. https://www.edx.org/course/industrial-biotechnology-2 What will you learn in the MOOC: Week 1: […]
Advanced Course on Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology 2020
/in News, Uncategorized /by Jenifer BaptisteThis week the Advanced Course on Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology (20 – 31 Jan. 2020) took place for the 32th time, organized by BioTech Delft. During this course 36 participants from industry and universities with 15 nationalities participated. The course aimed to familiarize participants with the integrated, interdisciplinary approach required in modern microbial biotechnology. […]
Multiscale modelling and 150 years of Gist
/in News, Uncategorized /by Jenifer BaptisteFrom 18-22 November 2019, the second version of the Multiscale Computational Methods in Bioprocesses took place. During the course the participants learned about modelling from industrial scale to molecular scale and back, using different approaches and software. There was an opportunity to visit the pop-up museum around 150 year yeast in Delft, displaying the life […]
The use of fresh sea water
/in News /by Jenifer BaptisteThis week the Advanced Biofilm Course (7 – 12 Oct. 2019) toke place, organized by BioTech Delft. During this course 24 participants from industry and universities learned all about biofilms: biofilm imaging, microsensor techniques and mathematical modelling. One of the things needed for this course was fresh sea water. The sea water was used for […]
Grand Opening Biotech Campus Delft – Planet B.io
/in News /by Jenifer BaptisteOn the 3rd of October 2019, the staff of BioTech Delft was invited for the Grand Opening Biotech Campus Delft. Amongst others, Constantijn van Oranje was there to open Planet B.io, the new centre for open innovation in industrial biotechnology. Planet B.io offers start-up companies access to an unique open ecosystem in Delft and expects […]
Winning a free Advanced Course
/in News /by Jenifer BaptisteEvery year the department of Biotechnology launches a free online course in Industrial Biotechnology. During that course one participant will win a free all-inclusive advanced course (including trip, stay cost and food) in the Delft, Netherlands. Last years winner will follow the advanced course Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology. The winner of 2018 was Magdalena […]
Prize winner MOOC at Advanced Course
/in News /by VincentEvery year the foundation of BioTech Delft sponsors the winner of the MOOC IB01x. The winner of 2017 choose the Advanced Course Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology. In January 2019 he joined us during the course. You can find a short interview about his experiences below. Published on 22 February 2019. Questions? Email us […]
MOOC on Industrial Biotechnology
/in News /by JasperTU Delft offers an interesting and fun MOOC on industrial biotechnology on the edX platform. This course provides insight and tools for the design of biotechnology processes, which is a great basis for our advanced courses. If you participate in the MOOC and obtain a verified certificate, you will receive a €150,- price reduction on the full fee for an […]
Successful Metabolomics course in Brazil
/in News /by VincentFrom 23-27 February 2015, our first course abroad took place: the Advanced Course Metabolomics for Microbial Systems Biology was held at Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil. BSDL and BE-Basic organized this course together with our partner universities Delft University of Technology, Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade de Campinas. The cooperation resulted in a team of four teachers from […]
History of microbiology
/in News /by VincentDr. Lesley Robertson recently started a blog, where she writes on all the curious things she and her team of volunteers encouter while digitising and cataloguing the collection of the Beijerinck museum, a small museum dedicated to the history of microbiology and biotechnology. Former participants of our Advanced Course on Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology will surely […]
Interview with Jeff Lievense
/in News /by VincentJeff Lievense, teacher in our Advanced Course Bioprocess Design, shared his thoughts on advancing industrial biotech in Biofuels Digest. Jeff is Executive Vice President Process Technology at Genomatica, a San Diego based company active in sustainable chemicals from renewable feedstocks. He and his team “translate biology into 100 kiloton fermentation-based chemical plants that perform”. Please find the link […]
TED talk Gerben Stouten on waste to resources
/in News /by VincentGreat TED talk by Gerben Stouten on waste to resources. He explains how you can produce bioplastics from (candy factory) wastewater. Gerben is a scientist in the group of prof. Mark van Loosdrecht, and teacher in our Advanced Course Bioprocess Design.
Free online biotechnology MOOC started
/in News /by VincentYesterday the free, open, online biotechnology MOOC entitled “Technology for biobased products” that was developed by the Department of Biotechnology of Delft University of Technology (home of BSDL) started. This course teaches you the basics of process design for biobased products: from feedstock to biomaterials, chemicals and biofuels. You can register for free at the edx website. […]
BSDL metabolomics course in Brazil
/in News /by VincentTogether with our partners, we are organizing the Advanced Course Metabolomics for Microbial Systems Biology in Brazil, at the Universidade de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Please have a look at the details here. Registration is not open yet; if you want to receive an email alert, please let us know by email.
Free online biotechnology MOOC from our department
/in News /by VincentThe free, open, online course (biotechnology MOOC) entitled “Technology for biobased products” that is currently being developed by the Department of Biotechnology of Delft University of Technology (home of BSDL), with start on October 27th, 2014. Quite a few teachers from the Advanced Courses also lecture in the MOOC. Warmly recommended! You can register for […]
TV show with Jack Pronk
/in News /by VincentProf. Jack Pronk, one of the course leaders of the Microbial Physiology and Fermentation Technology course, was a guest in the tv show “De kijker aan Z”. Please find the link to the video here (in Dutch).
Beautiful video of Delft
/in News /by VincentIf you are considering to come to Delft to study or take a course, check this amazing video, made by a TU Delft PhD student:
Science article by Mark van Loosdrecht
/in News /by VincentMark van Loosdrecht, full professor in Environmental Biotechnology and course leader in our EB course, published a perspective on the next century of wastewater treatment in Science. Please follow this link or find the publication info below: Anticipating the next century of wastewater treatment Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht and Damir Brdjanovic Science 27 June 2014: […]
Free online biotechnology course (MOOC) from our department
/in News /by VincentThe Department of Biotechnology of Delft University of Technology (home of BSDL) is developing a free, open, online course (MOOC) entitled “Technology for biobased products”: As fossil-based fuels and raw materials contribute to climate change, the use of renewable materials and energy as an alternative is in full swing. This transition is not a […]
Successful spring for BSDL
/in News /by VincentAfter a few busy months, we can look back on a very successful spring season: In April, we had the AC Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering with 22 participants. In May, the very first edition of the Bioprocess Design course took place in Wageningen. With 32 participants, the course was full. The course consisted of a combination […]