Learning outcomes

The course comprises of a series of lectures given by expert speakers. The lecturers and lecture topics vary from year to year, covering a wide range of research in nanobiotechnology. After passing the course the student will have a concept of past, current and future status of nanobiotechnology. He/she will understand nanoscale processes and how they relate to and differ from macroscale events. The student will learn concepts related to nanotechnology, nanobiotechnology and biotechnology, as well as to classify techniques and research in each category. Course evaluation will be implemented in the form of learning diaries and essays written by the students. These are designed to teach the student self-evaluation as well as improve skills in written reflection, questioning and argumentation.

Contents

Research and advances in the field of nanobiotechnology, nanoscale carriers of information, nanotechnologies in diagnostics, protein engineering, nanoscale detection methods, nanoelectronics, nanomedicine and gene therapy. Written self-evaluation and description of learning process have to be produced by the students.

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
The grade (0-5) will be determined on the basis of learning diaries and essays written by the students. There will be no exam. To pass the course with a grade 1 the student will have to hand in all assignments within the deadline as well as compile them according to the instructions. The grades 2-5 can be earned by including own reasoning and discussion as well as additional information in the written assignments. Specific criteria for evaluation are presented on the course page in Moodle.

Recommended year of study

4. year autumn
4. year spring

Study materials

Bionanotechnology: Lessons from Nature, Goodsell, David S., 0-471-41719-X

Further information

Organizaed by two universities, TUT and UTA. First part is given at TUT premises and second part at UTA/IMT. Suitable for postgraduate studies.

Belongs to following study modules