Duration
57h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in bioengineering : chemistry and bio-industries (120 ECTS) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Benjamin G. Dewals, Patrick Fickers, Laurent Gillet, Laurence Lins, Sébastien Massart, Micheline Vandenbol, Alain Vanderplasschen, Hervé Vanderschuren, Luc Willems
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
To describe a current scientific problem, concerning agronomic sciences and biological engineering, to which the students will have to answer by writing a research project of 4 pages in English.
The project will have to implement molecular techniques (technology of the nucleic acids, proteins and/or computer sciences in biology).
Each student will choose, according to his natural affinities, a research theme among those proposed by the teachers.
Over two weeks, the student will join a research team to take part in research in laboratory concerning the selected research themes. Direct interactions with the researchers will make possible to write the project.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To approach all the molecular techniques currently developed by a bioingenior in the cellular characterization of the procaryotes and the eucaryotes for their exploitation and valorization. These approaches introduce genetics and genomics, biochemistry, bioinformatics and proteomics, and also immunology.
It is an option module following the Module of Master degree I CHIB, Applied genoproteomics.
At the end of this multidisciplinary module, the students must be able to understand and to implement solutions in complex biological problems using molecular approaches in the field of agronomic sciences and biological engineering.
At the end of the learning, the students must be able to optimize existing process in the field of chemistry and applied biology in order to answer to a specific context (certification EC).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
CHIM0715-1 Applied Genoproteomics
BIOL2015-3 Molecular biology
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
To carry out research into the recent literature and consultation of Web sites for protocols. The students will be also in direct contact with scientists implicated in the research theme during the experimental training of 2 weeks in a laboratory.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Regular meetings with the concerned teachers will be organized in order to discuss about the progress of the research project.
Recommended or required readings
Recent publications of the scientific literature, books.
Assessment methods and criteria
The evaluation of knowledge will be based on the writing of a research project (in English) and also on an oral presentation.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Professor Luc Willems
Molecular Biology
081/622157 luc.willems@ulg.ac.be
Professor Micheline Vandenbol
Microbiology and Genomics
081/622353 m.vandenbol@ulg.ac.be