546-0359/04 – Basics of Biotechnology (ZB)
Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Mgr. Hana Vojtková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Mgr. Hana Vojtková, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 3 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2009/2010 | Year of cancellation | 2015/2016 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Target competence on the basis of new knowledge and its application in problem solving, observation, experiments and communication:
- to characterize differences in the structure of cells and live organisms, to be well informed about the natural systems and to understand phylogenetic relations of the individual groups, to learn about and to term characteristic organisms of the individual taxons and to determine their significance
- to apply the gained knowledge in dealing with practical tasks in seminars, to consider the consequences of a phenomenon from the environmental, health as well as economic points of view and to justify the significance of new biological information for the society
- ability of independent solution of set tasks, to observe and objectively record experiment results, to document observation in the form of diagrams and charts with legends, to adhere to safety regulations when working with biological material and technical instruments
- ability to work with technical texts, to master specialist terminology, to synthetically evaluate data acquired in dealing with tasks in seminars, to defend an opinion of a biological problem solution in a discussion
Teaching methods
Lectures
Experimental work in labs
Summary
The course focuses on clarifying the role of microorganisms in biotechnologies in wastewater treatment.
Students gain information on the morphology and physiology of non-cellular organisms, basic groups of microorganisms, their role in the nature and mutual relations of microbial populations with an overview of fundamental pathogenic as well as non-pathogenic strains of microorganisms.
Some lectures are dedicated to a practical utilization of microorganisms in industrial biotechnologies and their role in the formation and protection of the environment.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Průběžná kontrola studia je vedena formou diskuse k přednášené problematice, praktické dovednosti jsou průběžně sledovány při práci na cvičení; pravidelné úkoly z cvičení rozšiřují teoretickou průpravu k experimentální práci.
K zápočtu studenti předloží protokoly z praktických cvičení se zpracovanými úkoly.
Studium předmětu je zakončeno zkouškou, ke které lze přistoupit až po získání zápočtu. Zkouška má písemnou a ústní část.
E-learning
Other requirements
- regular participation in exercise
- elaboration of protocols and homeworks
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
List of the lectured topics:
1. Introduction to the genetic engineering
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
Předmět neobsahuje žádné hodnocení.