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School of Medicine Columbia

    Applied Biotechnology Program

    The Applied Biotechnology program provides firsthand training on a range of techniques and equipment widely utilized in research laboratories and biotechnology industries around the world.

    Statistics

    According to Acumen Research and Consulting, …

    • The Global Biotechnology Market Size was 372.8 billion USD in 2021.
    • Estimations of a 15.5% compound annual growth rate (cagr) puts the market size at approximately 1.345 trillion USD by 2030.
    • North America accounted for 44% of the total market share in 2021.
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    Courses Offered

    Microscopy is an ever-changing field of study with new technological advancements occurring regularly. This course takes a deep dive into some of the new and upcoming biotechnology that is not housed in the Instrumentation Resource Facility. Content varies by year. Class may be repeated a maximum of two times.

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    Histology to confocal microscopy. Through the combination of lecture and laboratory learning, students will leave this class understanding the scientific principles underlying the techniques as well as hands-on training for sample preparation, histology, confocal microscopy, and image analysis.

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    Molecular methods. Students will be introduced to and trained in molecular techniques that could be utilized in a proteomics or genomics laboratory, including cell culture, RNA isolation and quantification, cDNA synthesis, PCR (quantitative, real-time, and endpoint), in situ hybridization, and molecular cloning.

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    Electron microscopy. Through the combination of lecture and laboratory learning, students will leave this class understanding the scientific principles underlying the techniques as well as hands-on training for transmission electron and scanning electron microscopy sample preparation and imaging.

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    Advanced molecular methods. Students will be introduced to and trained in advanced molecular techniques that could be utilized in a proteomics or genomics laboratory, including SDS PAGE, Western blot, ELISA, and Flow Cytometry.

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