Course Catalog 2008-2009 |
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BIO-2756 Trends in biotechnology, 4 cr |
Matti Karp, Ville Santala
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| Implementation 1 |
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Biotekniikan koulutusohjelma
Jatko-opiskelijat KV-opiskelijat |
Full participation to the lectures. Each participant makes analyses of selected journal articles.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
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Teach students to go beyond text books and to study scientific literature in molecular biology and biotechnology.
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| 1. | Students will study literature in trends in biotechnology and present what they have learned from molecular evolution techniques and applications of nucleic acids, modification of proteins and their applications in measurements and related studies. The utilization of prokaryotic organisms in various biotechnological applications is emphasized. The first part consists on 16 hours of so-called journal club presentations and the latter part is discussions and presentations on modern molecular technologies to study protein structure and function and applications thereof. |
Participation on each session.
Evaluation scale passed/failed will be used on the course
The part in period 3 is given by docent Urpo Lamminmäki, University of Turku during three consecutive days, four hours each. Lecture material consists of journal articles to be delivered from the Department of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, English. The course is organized every second year. The course will be lectured in the academic year 2008-2009. Lectures are on tuesdays at 16.15 0?clock room FC 326 and on thursdays at 16.15 o?clock room FC 117.
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| Implementation 1 |
Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 % |