4-tägige Kursteilnahme: Quantitative Biology: From Cell to Process

• Applicant: Dr. Huyen Thi Thanh Nguyen
• Subject Area: Biological Process Engineering
• Term: Funded in 2010
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 189894875

Modern biology and biotechnology follow the chemical, physical and engineering sciences by using quantitative mathematical models for the description of complex cellular behaviours. Concepts from molecular and systems biology, process engineering, and economy will have to be combined for the development of efficient biotechnological processes. To enable biologists, biotechnologists, and biochemical engineers to pursue this interdisciplinary challenge, it is mandatory to strengthen both the mathematical skills of biologists and the engineers' knowledge of basic biological concepts and nomenclatures. The summer school provides a schedule that allows participants to familiarize themselves with relevant biological concepts, mathematical modeling strategies and appropriate (software) tools. It addresses both biologists and engineers: Along the example of renewable resource conversion, biologists will learn how engineering approaches can help them in planning, performing and evaluating experiments, whereas engineers get insight into state-of-the-art measurement techniques that feed their models. The course consists of formal lectures, workshops and tutorials for hands-on experience with state-of-the-art tools.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants