Plant genetic engineering

 In this course, students deepen their knowledge of the different methods of plant transgenesis using biological, chemical or physical vectors, their acceptability and their applications in fields as varied as plant improvement, the production of biomolecules or therapeutic recombinant proteins. In tutorials, students are encouraged to document, reflect, argue and debate on transgenesis and its alternatives through a plant improvement scenario. In practical work, students are involved in improving a protocol for obtaining root hairs, using the knowledge they have acquired in class.

-Knowledge: Plant transgenesis methods, their improvements and applications

-Know-how: Manipulate plants and bacteria, in vitro, in an axenic environment. Know how to document, present information in public, formulate a hypothesis and develop an experimental plan to test it.

-People skills: working in a group in a collaborative mode, arguing and debating, making decisions.

Basic plant biology and physiology, Basic molecular biology