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| MICR0005-1 | Complement of microbiology : Prostistology
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| Duration : | 15h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, Research Focus, 1st year | | 2 |
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| Master in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, Teaching Focus, 1st year | | 2 |
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| Master en biochimie et biologie moléculaire et cellulaire, à finalité spécialisée en bio-industrie, 1st year | | 2 |
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| Master in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, Professional Focus in
Industrial Biochemistry, 1st year | | 2 |
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| Master en biochimie et biologie moléculaire et cellulaire, à finalité spécialisée en bioinformatique et modélisation, 1st year | | 2 |
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| Lecturer : | Denis Baurain |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| Owing to their microscopic size, eukaryotic microbes have been discovered only relatively recently -- that is, not before the late seventeenth century, which saw the spread of the microscope. Before that, the very idea of single-celled organisms was simply unknown.
Since their discovery, various classifications of Life have tried to accommodate unicellular eukaryotes, always as a monolithic group generally referred to as "protists". With the rise of molecular phylogenetics, evolutionary relationships between eukaryotes (microscopic or not) have been widely challenged only to conclude that protists are an artificial group, out of which emerged independently several lineages of multicellular organisms (e.g., animals, plants, red algae and brown algae).
This specialization course based on the knowledge acquired during the BAC3 Microbiology course (part Algology and Mycology) [MICR0711-A] pursues three objectives: (1) to complete the panorama of the eukaryotic groups (e.g., excavates, rhizaria), (2) to deepen the presentation of the mechanisms and trends at work in the evolution of eukaryotes (e.g., endosymbiosis, gene transfer, secondary simplification) and (3) to paint a historical picture of the conceptions pertaining to the classification of Life and especially of unicellular eukaryotes. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| After this course of Protistology, students will have a good idea of the diversity and classification of the major groups of eukaryotic microbes. They will also be able to discuss the evolutionary mechanisms having shaped this diversity and to explain in which ways the principles underlying the current classification differ from the approaches of the past. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Having attended the BAC3 Microbiology course [MICR0711-1] (required part of the biology curriculum). |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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- theoretical lectures by the teacher
- short essays to be written in small groups either in class or at home
- oral presentations by the students
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face 90-min lectures. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The papers read in the classroom and the slideshows will be made available to students through the web portal myULg. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Writing an essay about one of the topics of the course (to be written in the classroom). |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| Taking notes on a laptop or tablet is allowed. However, students are expected not to surf or chat in the classroom. |
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Contacts :
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| Prof. Denis Baurain
Institut de Botanique B22 (P70)
denis.baurain@ulg.ac.be
Assistant: Dr. Damien Sirjacobs
Institut de Botanique B22 (P70)
04/366.38.54
D.Sirjacobs@ulg.ac.be |
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