The main educational goals of the course are:
1) acquisition of knowledge on advanced methodologies in microbial biotechnology;
2) acquisition of appropriate methodologies and communication skills for the isolation, observation, description and engineering of industrial microorganisms;
3) acquisition of applied knowledge for drafting and executing experimental protocols;
4) acquisition of knowledge and skills for retrieving relevant scientific literature from on-line databases and for critically reviewing it.
The expected learning outcomes are the increase of the student theoretical knowledge in the field of microbial biotechnology, of its practical skills for the design and execution of laboratory experiments, and of its critical ability to search and evaluate scientific literature data.