Chapter 1 - The Nature of Biotechnology

1.1 Introduction
    A. Global economic impact
    B. 21st century vs. 20th century

1.2 What is biotechnology
    A. Definition
    B. Traditional
       1. examples
    C. New = Modern
    D. NOT
    E. IS
    F. Historical
       1. began 10,000 years ago
       2. Ancient - fermentations
       3. Antibiotics discovery
          a. lg scale production
       4. Table 1.2 - Historical development
          a. foods & beverages
          b. 1800s
          c. 1940s
          d. current
       5. 1970s - modern biotech

1.3 Biotechnology: an interdisciplinary pursuit
    A. Not just molec. biologists
       1. multidisciplinary
       2. interdisciplinary
       3. mission oriented
    B. Companies - Table 1.3
    C. Main objectives
       1. biochemical catalysis
       2. two clear features
    D. Scale
       1. biologist
       2. biotechnologist
       3. scale up
    E. Future
    F. Immediate New applications

1.4 Biotechnology: a three-component central core
    A. Catalyst
       1. whole organism
          a. microorganism
             1) 4 reasons
    B. Environment
    C. Downstream processing
       1. Steps
    D. Main areas of application - Table 1.6

1.5 Product safety
    A. govern regulations

1.6 Public perception
    A. Impacts what?
    B. Why education considered important?

1.7 Biotechnology in the developing world