ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.25 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.5
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Microbiology and Parasitology
Areas: Microbiology
Center Faculty of Biology
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable
To study the applications of bioactive substances of marine origin. To know tools for prediction, sampling, optimization of production and applications of substances.
To show a vision of biotechnological advances in the production of marine species and the search for technological solutions and in the improvement of production.
Theory program
BLOCK 1. BIOTECHNOLOGY IN AQUACULTURE (6 hours)
Introduction to aquaculture. Current status of aquaculture in Spain and Europe.
2. Production processes. Integrated aquaculture.
3. Improvement of production processes. Biotechnology and improvement of aquaculture production.
4. Pathogenesis associated with aquaculture: new methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
BLOCK 2. BLUE BIOTECHNOLOGY (14 hours)
1. Introduction to blue biotechnology: chemical and biological diversity of the oceans. Marine molecules with biological activity.
2. Techniques to search for bioactive substances. Bioprospecting and sampling methods.
3. Main groups of organisms producing bioactive substances. The marine microbiome.
4. Biosynthesis of marine products: from gene to compound. Substance search tools: omics.
5. Blue biotechnology assays. Development of techniques and strategies. Successful cases.
6. Bioremediation, biomonitoring and biosensors.
Laboratory classes (14 hours)
There will be 4 sessions of 3 hours and 1 session of 2 hours.
-Practical 1: Detection of pathogens by qPCR.
-Practical 2: Search for substances with bioactive capacities: biosurfactants.
-Practical 3: Search for genes of interest in sequenced genomes.
-Practice 4: Differential expression of genes by qPCR.
-Practice 5: Bioinformatics analysis of bacterial populations.
Other activities:
- Collaborative/competitive project. Students will have to maintain a mini-nutrient chain from microalgae culture to the preparation of live food for larvae.
- Study of fish immune response: conventional and molecular methods.
Seminars (3 hours)
Experimental designs for aquaculture biotechnological development and/or genomic analysis.
Group tutorials (1 hour)
The dynamics of the practices will be explained and the computer tools to be used will be discussed.
Individual tutoring (0.5 hours)
Will be used to clarify doubts, guide or provide information to the students.
Basic bibliography:
Milton, F & Nagabbushanam R (2000) Aquaculture. Colección Recent advances in marine biotechnology. ISBN: 157808010X (o.c) 1578080827 (v. A).
Le Gal, Y & Ulber, R Marine (2005) Biotechnology I & II. Serie Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology. ISBN: 978-3-540-25659-5 (v.1) 978-3-540-25669-4 (v.2).
Supplementary bibliography:
Milton, F & Nagabbushanam R (2003) Molecular genetics of marine organisms.. Colección Recent advances in marine biotechnology. ISBN: 1-57808-297-8 (Vol. 10) 1-57808-010-X (set)
Barnabé, G. 1996. Bases biológicas y ecológicas de la acuicultura. Acribia, Zaragoza.
Bosma, R., Wijffels, R.H. 2003. Marine biotechnology in education: a competitive approach. Biomolecular Engineering, 2003, 20:4-6:125 – 131.
European Centre for Marine Biotechnology: http://www.ecmb.org/index.htm Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine (CMBB): http://cmbb.ucsd.edu/
Marine Biotechnology: A New Vision and Strategy for Europe: http://www.marine.ie/NR/rdonlyres/C076682C-2B32-437C-A781- B2EACBAA6B62/0/ESFMBmarine_biotechnology_paper15LR.pdf
The complementary bibliography will be completed during the lectures.
Basic competences
The basic competences are those described in the general report of the degree.
General competences
The general competences are those described in the general report of the degree.
Transversal competences
CT1 - Think in an integrated way and approach problems from different perspectives.
CT2 - Search, process, analyze and synthesize information from different sources.
CT4 - Interpret experimental results and identify consistent and inconsistent elements.
CT6 - Critical reasoning.
CT8 -Adaptation to new situations (resilience).
Specific competences
CE1- To know how to make calculations, analyze data and interpret experimental results specific to the fields of Biotechnology.
CE6- To be able to analyze and design biotechnological industrial processes and apply them to the improvement of products.
Lectures: 20 hours of classes.
The content of the course will be taught mainly through lectures with audiovisual support and ICT tools.
Part of the course will be taught by proposing activities, problems or debates that will be worked, in groups or individually, with the support of material and the help of the teacher.
Class attendance is not compulsory but it is recommended and student participation will be promoted and valued (as part of the continuous evaluation).
Students will be provided with the didactic material used by the teacher in the classroom, as well as complementary didactic material.
At the end of each topic or group of topics, a self-evaluation questionnaire will be provided through the virtual classroom without weight in the final evaluation.
There will be a virtual classroom in which the didactic material used by the teacher will be included, as well as other support material including calendars, web pages of interest, etc. It will also be a platform for communication and discussion about the course. The latter will be complemented by the creation of a group of MSTeams, which will be used for telematic classes or discussion groups if necessary.
Competences covered: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CT6.
Seminars: 3 classroom hours.
Students will work, individually or in groups, on the tasks proposed by the teacher. The results will be presented and discussed, in person or using the virtual classroom, with the teacher and other students.
CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CT1, CT2, CT6.
Laboratory practicals: 14 classroom hours
The practices will be carried out in the laboratory.
Some of the practices will require the use of a computer.
CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CT1, CT2, CT6, CE6.
Group tutorials
The dynamics of the practices will be explained and the computer tools to be used will be discussed.
Individual tutorials:
They will be used to clarify doubts, guide or provide information to students.
Final exam: 50% of the final grade.
The exam is a compulsory and evaluable activity that will include the contents of the course. The passing grade will be 5 out of 10.
A minimum grade of 5 out of 10 in the exam is necessary to be able to add the grade to the continuous evaluation.
Practicals: 15% of the final grade.
The laboratory practices are of obligatory and evaluable attendance whose attendance will be controlled by signature. Unexcused absences to the practicals will result in a failing grade.
The practices will be evaluated by the delivery of a report, as well as by the active participation in them.
A minimum grade of 5 out of 10 is required in order to add the grade to the continuous evaluation.
Seminar: 5% of the final grade.
Attendance to a minimum of two thirds of the seminars is required in order to add the grade to the continuous evaluation. Unexcused absences to the practicals will result in a failing grade.
The seminars will be evaluated by the participation of the students as well as by the delivery and/or exposition of a short report.
Continuous evaluation: 30% of the final grade.
The active participation of the students will be evaluated (by the teacher's report) in the expository classes, as well as the exercises or works delivered and/or the exposition of the same.
If the minimums of all the parts are exceeded, the grades obtained in each of the parts may be added together.
Classroom work:
Lectures: 20 hours.
Laboratory practicals: 14 hours.
Seminars: 3 hours.
Group tutorials: 1 hour.
Individualized tutorials: 0,5 hours.
Exam: 2 hours.
Total: 40,5 hours.
Personal work of the student: 72 hours.
Total work: 112.5 hours.
-Active participation in the classes, practices and seminars.
Continuous work is recommended throughout the four-month period with weekly reviews of the material taught.
-It is recommended the use of individualized tutorials that can be arranged through MSTeams, virtual classroom forums or face-to-face to solve doubts and guide the study.
The teaching methodology and evaluation system described above corresponds to scenario 1. In scenarios 2 and 3, it will be carried out as described:
Scenario 2
Depending on the situation and availability of infrastructures, in scenario 2 the teaching will be carried out as follows:
The expository classes may be carried out face-to-face, in a blended manner in shifts or telematically using the MSTeams platform.
Laboratory practices will be carried out face-to-face or combining laboratory attendance in small groups with asynchronous virtual practices using the virtual classroom or other ICT tools.
Seminars and tutorials will be carried out face-to-face combined with the use of MSTeams if necessary. Work will be done in groups or individually depending on the activity using audiovisual and written support material.
The evaluation system will be maintained regardless of the scenario in which the four-month period takes place. The evaluation activities will be carried out in the classroom or by telematic means as established in the regulations.
Scenario 3
The expository classes will be carried out entirely virtually using the MSTeams platform.
The laboratory practices will be carried out entirely virtually in an asynchronous manner using the virtual classroom or other ICT tools. Written and audiovisual material will be used to work on them.
Seminars and tutorials will be carried out virtually using MSTeams. Work will be done in groups or individually depending on the activity using audiovisual and written support material.
Sabela Balboa Mendez
- Department
- Microbiology and Parasitology
- Area
- Microbiology
- sabela.balboa [at] usc.es
- Category
- Investigador/a Distinguido/a
| Wednesday | |||
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| 11:00-13:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom 09. Barbara McClintock |
| 05.31.2022 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 04: James Watson and Francis Crick |
| 07.13.2022 10:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 03. Carl Linnaeus |