Since before pre-history, microorganisms have been responsible for what we now recognize as biotechnology applications.  Initially used for beverage applications including beer and winemaking and expanding to food applications like leavening dough for bread, or preserving food through pickling.  Today, modern fermentation is a multibillion-dollar industry that includes a variety of sectors from foods to pharmaceuticals.  This course will explore a range of industrial facilities for the production of enzymes, pharmaceuticals, foods, and commodity chemicals.  We will travel to various parts of Germany to explore these sectors.  Our travels will include guest lectures at nearby universities.  Each visit will have an accompanying technical assignment.  

Below is a preliminary itinerary and places we will visit:

Munich (Orientation, group dinner, tours, cultural activities, lectures)

Stuttgart (Tours, lectures, cultural activities)

Hiedelberg (Tours, cultural activities)

Cologne (Tours)

Berlin (Tours, cultural activites, day trip to Plauen, final dinner)

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