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Protein Engineering

Specialization: Protein Engineering:

• Protein engineers contribute to the transition towards a sustainable society by optimizing enzyme-based production and degradation of various substances, thereby outcompeting current environmentally damaging solutions.
• Within this  specialization, you will obtain competences in analysis and prediction of how the 3D structure of a protein is related to its specific function; and to evaluate how specific proteins should be produced, purified, analyzed, and utilized in industrial processes
• Focus areas include optimization of protein performance and production using techniques and knowledge from protein design and optimization, protein purification, quality control, crystal structure determination, 3D structure prediction, physical properties, enzyme specificity and  kinetics, assay design, and complex enzyme reactions.

Recomended prequisites for the specialization (to be completed during the bachelor education):

• Experimental biochemistry (exemplified by the DTU course: 27023 Experimental biochemistry)
• Physical chemistry (exemplified by the DTU course: 26202 Physical chemistry)
• Bioinformatics (exemplified by the DTU course: 22111 Introduction to Bioinformatics)

Choose 35 ECTS among the rest of the programme specific courses to obtain the specialization Protein Engineering

27325 (Advanced protein structure engineering and analysis), 27330 (Quantitative analysis and modeling in protein science), and 22117 (Protein structure and computational biology) are highly recommended:

Specializations are merely recommended ways of choosing the courses in the curriculum. Applicants are not admitted to a specialization but to the programme and it is possible to choose among all the courses in the curriculum following the directions given. However, if a specialization has been fulfilled the title of the specialization may be added to the diploma.