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Algae are the fastest-growing plants in the world. Industrial reactors for algal culture are open ponds, photobioreactors, and closed systems. This course discusses the production of algae culture and usage of al-gal biomass conversion products. The modern biomass-based transpor-tation fuels including biodiesel, bio-oil, biomethane, biohydrogen, and high-value-added products from algae are briefly reviewed. The availa-bility of algae and the advantages of algal oil for biodiesel production are reviewed as well. Lignocelluloses are widely available and non-food-based materials considered for the replacement of a major part of fossil-derived fuels and chemicals in the future. This course will discuss the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass, enzymatic hydroly-sis technologies for the production of biofuels, bioethanol and biogas from lignocellulosic materials. Importantly, this course will review various applications of genetic engineering and metabolic modeling to improve algal and plant biomass productivity for biofuel production.

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This course gives detailed information about algalization technology. Use of cyanobacteria, micro- and -macroalgae as agricultural biofertiliz-ers, and benfits of algalization on crops, soil characteristics and aggre-gation will be considered. The application of bacteria in fertilizers indus-try will be presented as well. The application of traditional breeding and genetic engineering for the control of pesticides will be introduced, with presenting BT and avidin proteins as a case study.

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This course considers the application of the nano-science and its prin-ciples, concepts and tools in biotechnology. In addition, the possible biological applications of carbon nano-tubes and quantum dots will be reviewed. The course will make an emphasis on applications of nano-science for dynamic visualization of cellular signaling. The course will discuss applications and perspectives of nanoparticles in sustainable agriculture. Also, the course will deal with the fundamental aspects of constructing medicinal nanoparticles: from the molecular building blocks to the formation of drug carriers. This course will be continuously updated to include new discoveries and applications of nano-techniques in biological sciences.

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This course will introduce the students to data analytic and applied sta-tistical methods commonly used in industrial and scientific applications. The module will focus on computer-aided data analysis using compari-sons between batches, analysis of variance, regression and correlation. The module will also deal with estimation and hypothesis testing, multi-variate analysis, and nonparametric techniques. Various concepts in-cluding, approximations and errors (accuracy and precision; errors; blunders, formulation error, and data uncertainty) will be presented as well. This course will include laboratory sessions including training and application of various concepts presented in the theoretical lectures.

Faculty : Institute of Basic and Applied Sciences

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This module includes series of research seminars based on self-learning and presentations of new advanced topics related to the stu-dents' Thesis subject. The seminars will be presented by the Ph.D. stu-dents and invited specialists in different advanced research topics in the fields of specialization. The student's evaluation is based on his/her understanding of the presented topics and presentations skills.