| CODE | FEH5100 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Modelling Techniques in Health Sciences | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Food Sciences and Nutrition | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is divided in three main sections, namely; reaction kinetic modelling, molecular modelling and applied statistics. This is to introduce research students to the most modern techniques used in the Food Sciences. More specifically: - Section 1 will introduce the students to the principles of experimental designs data (pre)processing for analysis of food microbiology and chemistry data. It will also address issues on kinetic modelling in relation to chemical, biological and enzymatic reaction kinetics. The difference between stochastic and deterministic modelling will be described and their application in the area of predictive microbiology (software applications and simulations) will be presented. - Section 2 will introduce the students to molecular modelling and how it can be used in Food Sciences to measure chemical and thermodynamic interactions such as molecular aspects of the lipid protein interactions. This section will focus on empirical simulations, for systems under static and dynamic conditions. The students will also be introduced on how to use molecular modelling software such as Lammps. - Section 3 will introduce the students to the principles of multivariate analysis and their application in analysing microbial and quality data in Food Science. Study-unit Aims: The main aim of this study-unit is to introduce students to advanced techniques of mathematics and statistics in order to interpret and simulate the microbiological responses taking place during static and dynamic processing environments. This study-unit also aims at giving students the opportunity to learn how to develop skills in molecular modelling to simulate the responses of biological substances in specific environments representing food structures and to use applied statistics including multivariate analysis. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify the appropriate modelling technique to solve specific problems; - Demonstrate an understanding of the kinetics and molecular modelling in Food Science; - Analyse and evaluate data that is relevant to Food Safety and Food Preservation; - Recognise and tackle problems whose solution is facilitated by the application of modelling. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe and critically review existing models as well as develop and employ new models that can contribute to the interpretation of Food Processing and Food Preservation phenomena; - Develop modelling skills for interpreting experimental data in Food Science; - Operate simulation studies by using different models with biological interpretation. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Progress on Quantitative Approaches of Thermal Food Processing, edt. Vasilis Valdramidis, Jan Van Impe (Nova publishers), 2012. - Andrew R. Leach. Molecular Modelling: Principles and Applications (2nd edition), Prentice-Hall, (2001). ISBN: 0582382106 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study & Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Ruben Gatt Vasileios Valdramidis |
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