TRANSGENIC ORGANISMS FOR RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
cod. 1004395

Academic year 2012/13
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Biologia applicata (BIO/13)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
42 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

To analyse, starting from the international literature, examples of applications of transgenic organisms in different fields

Prerequisites

none

Course unit content

Applications of transgenic organisms

Full programme

Introduction - Basic information about biotechnological methodologies

How transgenic organisms are produced

Examples of application of transgenic organisms in research (international literature)

Main applications of transgenic organisms (International literature)

-Agriculture

-Medicine

-Environmental problems

Information about ethical and social issues

Bibliography

material provided by the lecturer

Teaching methods

frontal lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

individual research on a topic chosen by the student

Other information

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