Fermentation Engineering
Fermentation Engineering is a frontier biotechnology discipline that is established on the basis of cell pure culture technology. It enables large-scale cell culture to obtain various active substances by manipulating metabolic pathways, regulating the expression of key enzymes in metabolism, and using modern biochemical macromolecular separation and purification technologies and their corresponding modern equipment. Fermentation engineering is an important part of bioengineering, and it is the key to the industrialization of biotechnology. Related disciplines include microbiology, biochemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology.
Microbiology
Microbiology is a basic theoretical discipline that studies the basic rules of life activities of various microorganisms such as morphological structure, growth and reproduction, physiological metabolism, genetic variation, ecological distribution, and classification and evolution of various microorganisms at the molecular-, cellular- or community- levels. The fundamental principles and new findings can be applied to modern and traditional fermentation, pharmaceuticals industry, biorefinery, and biofuel production.
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is a discipline that studies the structure and function of biomolecules at the molecular level to clarify the essence of life phenomena. Biochemistry studies the chemical composition of living organisms and chemical changes and their mechanisms in life processes. Molecular biology focuses on the structure and function of biological macromolecules and their interactions，and it is based on the basic concepts and methods of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. It studies the law of life and life processes at the molecular level. Biochemistry and molecular biology are the most active disciplines of life sciences.
Sugar Technology & Sugar Engineering
Sugar Technology & Sugar Engineering mainly focuses on the studies of basic science and applied technology about the structure and function of sugars and their complexes in organisms, organic synthesis and biomanufacturing of sugars (monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides), and structural modification and functional enhancement of sugars. This discipline can combine the theoretical knowledge in molecular biology, polymer chemistry, biotechnology, organic chemistry, and cell biology, and it will learn the preparation and use of sugars. Related disciplines include Fermentation Engineering, Food Science and Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering.
