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CIV_ENV 495-0-18: Environmental Metabolomics

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Metabolomics involves the high-resolution profiling of small molecules (metabolites) to investigate the state of metabolism (the network of metabolic reactions) in a biological system. This course covers the principles of metabolomics and its application in environmental science and environmental bioengineering, related to carbon cycling in natural systems and waste carbon conversion in engineered recycling.

Learning Goals:

• To understand the basic principles of metabolomics
• To become familiar with key techniques in chemical characterization
• To learn how to design metabolomics experiments
• To evaluate metabolomics data to understand biological processes in natural systems
• To evaluate metabolomics data to design the engineering of biological processes in biotechnology applications

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