| Department of Ecology
85 % Department of Plant Biology 15 % | |||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc Also PhD-course | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination and oral examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Each group hands in a written project. The project is presented by the group. Thereafter questions answered on the report and the rest of the curriculum individually. Continuous evaluation of activity at colloquia and practicals. Weight: Activity at colloquia and practicals 20% (individual) Project quality and presentation 40% (group) Answer to questions 40% (individual) 13-point scale, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||||
| Requirement For Attending Exam | Project reports submitted. 75% of practical reports submitted. | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Project work, practicals, lectures and colloquia | ||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 2 Week Structure: Outside schedule | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | Microbiology Biochemistry | ||||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | Maximum 24 students | ||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||
| Competences within basic science: Knowledge about fungal biology with emphasis on microbiological topics and perspectives relevant to interdisciplinary work in Biotechnology, Environment and Natural Resources, and Food Science. Ability to read and discuss original articles within the field. Ability to formulate relevant research hypotheses, choose methods for experimental hypotheses testing, carry out experiments and ability to interpret results and formulate conclusions from experiments. Competences within applied science: Practical skills in Microbiology (including microfungi) at an advanced level. Competences within ethics and values: - | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| The aim is to give the students insight and practical skills in Microbiology at an advanced level. The 15 ECTS block structure will facilitate a project based learning process during which protocol formulation, safety procedures, tools, methodology, data handling and interpretation will be carried out. The course supplements basic courses at the Bachelor level and supports thematic courses at the Masters level. This is the only course that cover Fungal biology. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| Microbiological topics will be covered by allowing students in groups of 4-6 to formulate projects and design experiments to answer their hypothesis. This will take place throughout the block. Teaching will take the form of lectures and colloquia. The following areas will be covered: · Lectures on ecology, growth morphology, cell biology, physiology and genetics of bacteria and fungi. · Detection and genotyping of microorganisms in the context of population structure in natural environments, biodiversity and producers of particular metabolites(immunodetection, marker genes, fluorescence in situ hybridization, PCR, Biolog/PLFA/DGGE or T-RFLP fingerprinting, gas chromatography). · Growth physiology in terms of nutrition, anoxi, microbial interactions, host infection and primary metabolism(microcolony formation, fluorescent stains, DNA/protein synthesis, gene regulation). · Microbial activity under stress conditions with special emphasis on the production of extracellular metabolites/enzymes, their biosynthesis, bioactivity and influence on the surrounding environment(fluorometry, HPLC, reporter genes, genomics, transcription analyses, gene regulation): To be able to give the course at the high level that is intended the more exact course content will be modified according to present research interests of the departments involved. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| Introductory, plenary lectures and seminars/colloquia Group work (4-6 students) for carry-out of simple research project, including literature search, experimental design including methodology and sampling strategy, data analysis and statistics, presentation of report | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||
| Textbook on Fungal Biology (not yet determined which) Reviews, original articles, and compendia. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Stefan Olsson, sto@life.ku.dk, Department of Agriculture and Ecology/Section of Genetics and Microbiology, Phone: 35332646 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Study Committee NSN | |||||||||||||||||
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