Present teaching duties
In recent years I have taught the following courses:
Applied biochemistry
This is a compulsory course for 3rd year students of biochemistry and first year masters students. It is aimed at introducing students to aspects of applied biochemistry and biotechnology with emphasis on protein biotechnology. Lectures: The use of proteins in industry and medicine. Industrial use of enzymes. Enzyme reactors. Applications of immobilized enzymes. Biosensors. Use of recombinant DNA technology to genetically engineer organisms for production of biochemicals. Analytical biochemistry. Automaton in bioanalysis. Purification of bioproducts; scaling up of production lines and downstream processing. Tutorials: Recent research papers presented and discussed. Visits to local biotechnology companies. The course is 6 ECTS units for underrgraduates but 10 ECTS units for postgraduates who do an extra project as well as the theoretical part.
Biochemistry 2
A compulsory course for students of biochemistry and molecular biology and elective for others. The subject is metabolism, i.e. Glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway. Glycogen metabolism, control of metabolism, citric acid cycle. Fatty acid oxidation. Amino acid degradation, urea cycle. Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation. Photosynthesis and the Calvin cycle. Carbohydrate synthesis in plants and bacteria, glyoxalate cycle. Synthesis of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, triglycerides and phospholipids. Synthesis of cholesterol and other steroids. Nitrogen metabolism. Metabolic control and hormones. (I teach about one-third of the course).
Biochemistry H
This is a course for nursing students. The first weeks of the course will be devoted to the chemistry of organic molecules, covering carbohydrates, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, organic acids, esters, amines and amides. After that the subject is general biochemistry, covering all basic aspects. In the final weeks of the course selected aspects of clinical biochemistry will be introduced, including the composition of body fluids, acid-base equilibria of the human body, liver and kidney function tests and some biochemistry of coronary heart diseases. Further information will be provided at the beginning of the course.
