Targeted level of study
BAC +3
ECTS
0 credits
Duration
1 year
Training structure
Faculty of Pharmacy
Presentation
Fully distance learning
Objectives
- This course is intended for people who have completed a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences (or equivalent) and who wish to acquire additional training in biotechnology. The aim is to train scientists capable of explaining new technologies for the discovery and production of medicinal products and of knowing the field of application and the regulatory framework for their use.
Organization
Control of knowledge
This course is composed of four Teaching Units (TU).
It includes 80 hours of equivalent classroom teaching and a tutored project.
- EU1: Biotechnology, economic and regulatory aspects
- The rise of Biotechnology: from basic research to pharmaceutical and medical innovation (course and video course).
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- Economic aspects of Biotechnology (course).
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- Regulatory and legal affairs in biotechnology (course).
- EU2: Bioengineering of recombinant proteins
- Reminder on gene expression and regulation.
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- Functional genomics (course).
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- Recombinant protein expression systems (stable systems, Baculovirus/insect cell system) (lecture and video lecture).
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- Purification and characterisation of recombinant proteins (course).
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- Plant transgenesis and its biomedical applications (course and video course).
- EU 3: Biotechnological innovations in health
- Gene and cell therapies (course).
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- Drug delivery and immuno-targeting systems (course).
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- Immunotechnologies (vaccinology, monoclonal Ac, Ac bioengineering, epitope analysis) (course and video course).
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- Real-time study of biospecific interactions (video course).
- EU 4: Tutored project
- Tutored project.
Programme
Duration of studies, academic calendar :
- 8 months.
- The courses are entirely distance learning and require the use of high-performance communication equipment (telephone, e-mail) and computers at the learner's expense (see application file).
Admission
Conditions of access
Applications :
send your CV and cover letter to pharma.du @ umontpellier.fr
And then
Further study abroad
not
Professional integration
Job opportunities :
- Assistant to a Project Manager in Research and Development.
- Assistant to a Production Manager in the biotechnology industry.
- Product or product line manager/marketing department.
- Scientific communication manager, internal trainer of technicians and/or sales staff.
- Scientific editor.