1.1 Introduction

1. Global economic impact
2. 21^st century vs. 20^th century

1.2 What is biotechnology

1. Definition
2. Traditional
   1. examples
3. New = Modern
4. NOT
5. IS
6. Historical
   1. began 10,000 years ago
   2. Ancient - fermentations
   3. Antibiotics discovery
      1. lg scale production
   4. Table 1.2 - Historical development
      1. foods & beverages
      2. 1800s
      3. 1940s
      4. current
   5. 1970s - modern biotech

1.3 Biotechnology: an interdisciplinary pursuit

1. Not just molec. biologists
   1. multidisciplinary
   2. interdisciplinary
   3. mission oriented
2. Companies - Table 1.3
3. Main objectives
   1. biochemical catalysis
   2. two clear features
4. Scale
   1. biologist
   2. biotechnologist
   3. scale up
5. Future
6. Immediate New applications

1.4 Biotechnology: a three-component central core

1. Catalyst
   1. whole organism
      1. microorganism
         1. 4 reasons
2. Environment
3. Downstream processing
   1. Steps
4. Main areas of application - Table 1.6

1.5 Product safety

1. govern regulations

1.6 Public perception

1. impacts what?
2. why education considered important?

1.7 Biotechnology in the developing world