Innovative approaches in metabolic engineering

In this course, students will conduct bibliographic research on a selection of medicinal plants during tutorials in order to identify the biomolecules of the plant that may have biological or pharmacological properties. Each group will use documents provided to them to identify, propose and implement an extraction protocol and a simple biological activity test protocol to test the biostatic, antibiotic or antioxidant activity of the targeted molecules. The bibliographic monitoring approach and the results obtained during the practical work, as well as their analysis and interpretation, will be discussed during a poster presentation session, which will result in an evaluation.

- Knowledge: knowledge of the secondary metabolites of plants, their structure and their biological activity

- Know-how: Research and analyze bibliographic information, formulate a hypothesis, develop an experimental protocol to test a biological activity, implement it, analyze and interpret the results, communicate the conclusions

- Skills: Working in a group in a collaborative mode, arguing, communicating

L2 Biology