INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE This course outlines the concepts of cell-based products for the pharmaceutical and medical industries from both a theoretical and practical perspective. A combination of lectures, tutorials, laboratory classes and a site visit are included in this course. There is no assumed knowledge for this course. This course compliments other BIOM courses including Biocompatibility, Mechanical Properties of Biomaterials, Chemistry and Physics of Synthetic and Biological Polymers, Regulatory Requirements for Biomedical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science and certain thesis topics. HANDBOOK DESCRIPTION This course outlines the concepts of cell-based products for the pharmaceutical and medical industries from both a theoretical and practical perspective. This course will cover the basis of how Faculty of Engineering Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering Session 1, 2018 BIOM9333 Cellular and Tissue Engineering 2 proteins are produced by cells; recombinant technologies to produce proteins and biologics from bacterial and mammalian systems; process design and optimisation needed for commercial production of biologicals; case studies of currently manufactured biological products; cell isolation including blood and progenitor cells; and translation of these technologies for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.