Part 1 Molecular cellular biology: chaperonins and protein folding; lipases structure and function; secretion and glycosilation of heterologous proteins; receptor engineering; antibody engineering; analysis of different genomes of biotechnological interest; genetic stability in engineered micro-organims; biotechnology of lactic acid bacteria; recent developments in nitrification/denitrification; extremophiles in biotechnology; biotechnology of filamentous fungi; yeast physiology and genetics; physiology and genetics of anaerobes; taxonomical aspects in biotechnology; expression of proteins in transgenic animals; gene expression in animal cell cultures; expression of heterologous genes in yeast systems. Part 2 Enabling technologies: rational design of novel biocatalysts; biocatalysis in organic synthesis - the potentiality of lyases; physiological and engineering problems linked to immobilized cell fermentations; new separation methods in biotechnology; affinity based processes in bioseparations; biosensor design; quantitative flow microfluorimetry in biotechnology; genetic and physiological approaches for the production of amino acids; biotechnological innovations in food preservation processing and analysis; bioinformatics for biotechnology. Part 3 Healthcare biotechnology: biotechnological applications of antisense oligonucleotides; new developments in genetic diagnosis; biotechnology of blood coagulations and fibrinolytic factors; genetic engineering for the production of antibiotics; enzymes and enzyme inhibitors as therapeutic agents; antigen presentation and processing. Part 4 Industrial, environmental and agriculture biotechnology: development of bioprocess; impacts of genetic engineering on bioprocessing; modelling of bioprocesses; on-line measurements of bioprocesses; dynamics in bioreactors; integrated bioprocessing; scale-up of heterogeneous bioprocesses; multiphase bioreactors; standardization in biotechnology; applications; biotechnological production of fine chemicals biotechnological production of energetic sources; transgenic plants and crop productivity; biofertilizers, biopesticides and biological control; new developments in the production of alcoholic beverages. (Part Contents).