Exploring the Power of Multi-Omics for Industrial Microbial Innovation

“The depth of knowledge of the speakers was brilliant”

From 1 – 5 June, the Advanced Course on Advanced Course Multi-Omics Approaches for Improvement of Industrial Microbes was organized by BioTech Delft (Yvonne van Gameren, Jenifer Baptiste).

This intensive, activating, one-week course aims at providing fundamental and applied knowledge in the field.

“Very useful course covering a lot of relevant methodology in a short time. It was an intense week, but very interesting and inspiring”

The program during this week is supported by a course board from the TU Delft, department Biotechnology, Martin Pabst, Djordje Bajic and Aljoscha Wahl from Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen, Germany.

This was the fourth edition of this course and the lectures where provided by speakers from universities and industry; Alexander Wittenberg, Eduard Kerkhoven, David Tabb, Bas Teusink, Timmy Paez Watson, Frank Bruggeman, Hannes Link, Koen Verhagen, Douwe Molenaar, Berdien van Olst, Justin van der Hooft, Sebastiaan Prins, Marieke Klijn and Hector Garcia Martin.

For a better understanding of the lectures and to stimulate active participation by those attending, this course combined lectures with a practical demonstration by Marcel van den Broek.

“I liked the combination of theory and direct application and trying out tools”

This course provides a clear and up-to-date overview of advanced biological techniques, known as “omics” technologies, which help scientists study cells at different levels — including their genes, proteins, chemical processes, and energy flow. Participants will learn how combining these approaches gives a complete and detailed picture of how cells work, which is essential for improving industrial microbes.