Ontario College Advanced Diploma in Biotechnology - Advanced (Optional co-op)

Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology

This Biotechnology - Advanced program will prepare you with the scientific principles, techniques and skills required in industrial microbiology and chemistry. In this applied science program, you'll also study biotechnology applications, biochemistry, microbial genetics, and clinical and environmental microbiology. Your Biotechnology - Advanced courses will teach you to: Isolate, enumerate and identify microorganisms from many types of samples Accurately calibrate and use instruments such as pH meters, gas chromatographs, spectrophotometers, HPLCs, centrifuges, PCR thermocyclers and gel electrophoresis equipment Prepare media and reagents to culture pathogenic microbes Design and perform advanced microbiology and microbial genetics experiments Isolate DNA and perform gel electrophoresis and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on samples.

School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science