About This Course

Aim

Workshop Objectives

Workshop Structure

Day 1: Introduction and Fundamentals

1. Welcome and Orientation
   • Introduction to the workshop: purpose, key objectives, and expected outcomes.
   • Detailed agenda outline to set clear expectations.
   • Ice-breaking activity to encourage participant engagement and networking.
2. Session 1: Introduction
   • Overview of Bioethanol Production: Importance and relevance in the context of renewable energy and sustainability.
   • Challenges of Traditional Feedstocks: Environmental and economic limitations of conventional raw materials like corn and sugarcane.
   • Role of Non-Conventional Yeasts: An introduction to their unique advantages and potential as alternative bioethanol producers.
3. Session 2: Overview of Bioethanol Production
   • Conventional vs. Non-Conventional Approaches: A comparative analysis of processes, efficiency, and sustainability.
   • Key Case Studies: Real-world applications of non-conventional yeasts in bioethanol production, highlighting successes and challenges.
4. Interactive Session
   • Group discussion: “Global Bioethanol Demand and Waste Management Challenges.”
   • Facilitated Q&A sessions to address participant queries and spark meaningful discussions.

Day 2: Feedstocks and Metabolic Engineering Techniques

1. Recap of Day 1
   • Summary of key learnings, participant reflections, and feedback from Day 1 activities.
2. Session 3: Dairy and Agricultural Wastes as Feedstocks
   • Understanding Feedstocks: Composition and characteristics of dairy and agricultural wastes.
   • Challenges and Solutions: Strategies to overcome technical and economic barriers in waste utilization.
   • Innovative Techniques: Insights into pre-treatment methods and enzymatic processes to maximize yield.
3. Session 4: Metabolic Engineering of Yeast
   • Introduction to Metabolic Engineering: Principles and importance in optimizing bioethanol production.
   • Enhancing Yeast Efficiency: Tools and techniques to improve sugar utilization and stress tolerance.
   • Synthetic Biology Approaches: Cutting-edge methods to design and implement synthetic metabolic pathways.
4. Case Study
   • Case study analysis: Engineering yeasts for improved ethanol production from dairy and agri-wastes.
   • Problem-solving activity: Develop strategies to overcome real-world challenges in bioethanol production.

Day 3: Advanced Applications and Future Directions

1. Recap of Day 2
   • Summary of the previous day’s modules and activities with participant insights.
   • Addressing outstanding questions and setting the stage for advanced topics.
2. Session 5: Advances in Fermentation Technologies
   • Fermentation Systems for Non-Conventional Yeasts: Batch, fed-batch, and continuous systems.
   • Bioreactor Design: Industrial applications, challenges, and innovations in bioreactor technology.
   • Scaling Up: Solutions for transitioning from lab-scale to industrial-scale bioethanol production.
3. Session 6: Future Directions
   • Emerging Trends: Next-generation yeast strains, synthetic biology platforms, and metagenomics.
   • Circular Economy Integration: Opportunities for incorporating waste-to-energy systems into sustainable business models.
   • Biorefinery Approaches: Producing multiple value-added products (ethanol, biogas, animal feed) from the same feedstocks.

Who Should Enrol?

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Meet Your Mentor(s)

Dr. Upma Pal

Assistant Professor

Gautam Buddha University

Dr. Upma Pal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the Gautam Buddha University. She received her Ph.D. Degree in Dairy Microbiology from ICAR- NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE in 2022. Then worked as an Assistant professor at Gautam Buddha University. She has 5 Years of . . . Experience in the field of Bioethanol production utilizing dairy waste. Her Areas of Expertise include: bioethanol production, yeast development, metabolic engineering, gene expression ,etc.

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