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Course Detail

Degree
Master
Standard Academic Year
Semester 3
Course delivery methods
face-to-face
Subject
Biological sciences
Program
School
College of Science and Technology
Department
Campus
Campus Talence
Classroom
Course Offering Year
2022-2023
Course Offering Month
September - December
Weekday and Period
Capacity
Credits
6 ECTS
Language
English
Course Number
4TBA909U

Biotechnologies: Issues and Strategies University of Bordeaux

Course Overview

Throughout this course, students improve their knowledge of the most
recent aspects of plant biotechnologies in terms of methodologies and
approaches. These include GMOs technologies and regulations, genome
editing as well as metabolic  engineering.
The course focuses on examples to help understand various strategies
used to set up research or industrial projects in this domain.

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

- Students must have 1st year Master knowledge of biological science,
plant biology and biotechnology.
- Language prerequisites: a good level of scientific English.

Grading Philosophy

- Formative assessment in case of lab teaching.
- Written exam and group presentation.
- Duration of assessment: 2 hours.

Course schedule

- Seminars are are given by professionals of the plant biotechnology
sector.
- Inversed classes are organized to work on the latest
Biotechnologies available in Plant Sciences (transplastomic,
chemical  biology, high value protein expression, etc.).
- Lab teaching allows the students to experiment with techniques used
in Plant Biotechnology (molecular biology, plant transformation,
microscopic analysis.).

Course type

> Lectures, inversed class, seminars with professionals and lab teaching (158 hours): - 48 contact hours (8 hours of lectures, 8 hours of professional seminars, 16 hours of lab teaching, 14 hours of group work, and a 2 hour exam); - 110 self-study hours (50 hours of private reading, 50 hours of exam preparation, 10 hours of group work preparation).

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

Maximim number of students permitted: 14.Duration: 12 weeks (Fall Semester)

Language of instruction: English
Mode of delivery: Face-to-face teaching; Inversed class; International conferences/seminars; Group work; Lab teaching

Site for Inquiry

Please inquire about the courses at the address below.

Contact person: Frédéric Delmas
frederic.delmas@u-bordeaux.fr

Florence Lartigaut
florence.lartigaut@u-bordeaux.fr