Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h + 7.5 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Donnay Isabelle; Mahillon Jacques (coordinator); Vanderschuren Hervé (compensates Draye Xavier);
Language
French
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in Genetics (LBIR1322), Biochemistry (LBIR1321), Microbiology (LBIR1323), Animal Physiology (BIR1324) and Plant Physiology (BIO1341)
Main themes
General principles related to cell culture, cell modification and organism regeneration in animals, plants and microorganisms.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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a. Contribution of the activity to the LO (LO from the program) M1.1, M2.1, M3.1, M5.6, M6.1, M7.1 b. LO from the program specific to this activity At the term of the activity, the student will be able to: - understand the main biotechnologies related to animals, plants and microorganisms that are used in the context of production and/or improvement, - classify the main applied biotechnologies related to animals, plants and microorganisms, - describe clearly and simply the major steps of a given biotechnology, - understand the dynamics of biotechnological evolution beyond the conventional boundaries of life domains, - objectively address questions downstream those technologies (economy, nutrition, health, society) by using the fundamentals and the context of biotechnological innovation. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
- Basic knowledge of cell culture, manipulation and conservation.
1. Microorganisms (microbial kinetics, strains preservation)
2. Animals (stem cells, in vitro production of embryos and related techniques, cryobanking)
3. Plants (totipotency, in vitro culture, protoplasts culture, doubled haploids, cell growth regulation and development)
- Principles of cell modification (transformation, transgenesis, mutagenesis, heterologous/homologous recombination, vectors)
- DNA technologies, isolation and cloning, gene construction, genomics
- Organisms regeneration from modified cells (animal and plant cloning, selection, markers, protoplast fusion, in vitro culture)
Those topics are separately addressed for plants, animals and microorganisms. The comparison between the three domains is addressed by means of seminars presented by the students.
1. Microorganisms (microbial kinetics, strains preservation)
2. Animals (stem cells, in vitro production of embryos and related techniques, cryobanking)
3. Plants (totipotency, in vitro culture, protoplasts culture, doubled haploids, cell growth regulation and development)
- Principles of cell modification (transformation, transgenesis, mutagenesis, heterologous/homologous recombination, vectors)
- DNA technologies, isolation and cloning, gene construction, genomics
- Organisms regeneration from modified cells (animal and plant cloning, selection, markers, protoplast fusion, in vitro culture)
Those topics are separately addressed for plants, animals and microorganisms. The comparison between the three domains is addressed by means of seminars presented by the students.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars - analysis and presentation of scientific papers
Seminars - analysis and presentation of scientific papers
Evaluation methods
Written examination
Other information
This course (or some lectures) can be given in English.
Online resources
Moodle : PowerPoint files
Bibliography
- Syllabus (diapositives du cours) disponibles sur iCampus
Teaching materials
- Syllabus (diapositives du cours) disponibles sur iCampus
Faculty or entity
AGRO
