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| GENE2003-1 | Plant genetic engineering
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| Duration : | 15h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Jacques Dommes |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | Genetic engineering is a pool of techniques used to develop genetically modified organisms, i.e. organisms in the genome of which one or a few foreign genes are inserted. It allows the rapid development of improved plant varieties or plants producing vaccines or therapeutics. But it is also a valuable tool in fundamental research in plant physiology.
The course contains 6 chapters. The 3 first ones present the different plant transformation methods. The fourth one deals with inverse genetics and gene silencing. The fifth one presents examples of genetically modified food plants, and the last one deals with plants producing recombinant proteins (protein farming). |
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| Course objective : | · To get acquainted with the main methods used in plant genetic engineering
· To get informed of the potential of genetic engineering in the study of plant organisms, as well as in the improvement of plant varieties and for the production of recombinant proteins.
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| Prerequisites : | Basic knowledge in genetics and molecular biology. |
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| Organization : | All lectures will be given in one of the lecture rooms of B-22 building. |
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| Written notes : | Syllabus (containing most pictures used during lectures, about 200 p.) is avilable . PowerPoint presentations are also available (paper copy and CD-ROM). |
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| Assessment : | They will be an oral examination during which the student will have to answer one question without the help of any document. The duration of the examination is 25 minutes per student (10 minutes for the preparation of the answers, 15 minutes to present and discuss the answers). |
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| Contacts : | - J. Dommes, Professor : Tel. : 04/366.38.99, fax : 04/366.38.72, E-mail j.dommes@ulg.ac.be
- C. Gauthier, research assistant : Tel. : 04/366.38.73, E-mail carole.gauthier@ulg.ac.be |
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