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| BIOL0821-1 | Natural Biomaterials : ultrastructural and functional aspects
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Philippe Compère |
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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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| The course concern the organization of natural biomaterials, i.e. materials produced by living organisms. This organization is related to the physical/mecanical characteristics and their function in the living organisms. Owing that most of them are hierarchical biocomposites, their organization is regarded at the different levels : molecular, compositional, nanométric, micrometric, macroscopic and three-dimensional. At each level, the arrangement is responsible of a part of the properties.
The considered biomaterials are : arthropod exosqueletons, molluscan shells, sea urchin tests, bones, teeth, keratins,...) |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Apprehend the characteristics, the composition and the strictural organiszation of biological matérials from a biological point of view (function in the organism, secretion by cells,...) and from a material science point of view. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Bachelor in Sciences and in Applied Sciences.
PhD students |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lectures
Guided personal work (litterature research and basic examination of a biomaterial) |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Dr Philippe Compère
Senior scientist
Department of Biology, Ecology and Evolution (BEE)
Laboratory of Functional Morphology and Evolution
Institute of Chemistry B6c, local 3/16
Tél. +32 4 366 50 63
e-mail : pcompere@ulg.ac.be |
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