Level of Education
Bachelor's degree (BAC +3)
ECTS
6 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Description
In this course unit, students deepen their understanding of the various methods of plant transgenesis using biological, chemical, or physical vectors, as well as their acceptability and applications in fields as diverse as plant breeding, the production of biomolecules, and recombinant therapeutic proteins. In seminars, students are encouraged to research, reflect, present arguments, and debate transgenesis and its alternatives through a scenario related to plant breeding. In lab sessions, students work to refine a protocol for producing root hairs, applying the knowledge they have acquired in class.
Objectives
-Knowledge: Methods of plant transgenesis, their improvements, and their applications
-Skills: Working with plants and bacteria in vitro in an axenic environment. Conducting research, presenting information to an audience, formulating a hypothesis, and developing an experimental plan to test it.
-Soft skills: working collaboratively in a group, presenting arguments and engaging in debate, and making decisions.
Mandatory Prerequisites
Fundamentals of Plant Biology and Physiology, Fundamentals of Molecular Biology