BIOL2043-1

Duration

24h Pr

Number of credits

	Bachelor in bioengineering	2 crédits

Lecturer

Nicolas Gengler, Ludivine Lassois, Hervé Vanderschuren, Luc Willems

Coordinator

Nicolas Gengler

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course "Application of molecular biology and genetics" will be devoted to the integrated practical application of the concepts seen in the General genetics and Molecular biology classes. This exercise will include the collection of biological material, the molecular analyze in the laboratory and the interpretation of results.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of this class, the student must have assimilated the theoretical bases of the most common techniques of molecular biology and genetics. He should also be able to understand and perform a series of techniques in the laboratory. He should be able to interpret the experimental results obtained during the practical course in the context of genetics.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

BOTA0414-1 - Botany systematics
ZOOL2020-1 - Zoology : Evolution
STAT2002-1 - Basic statistics , part 1
BIOL2010-1 - Cell Biology
STAT2003-1 - Basic statistics , part 2
BIOL2015-3 - Molecular Biology

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The collection of biological material will be done as part of a visit in the field. Molecular analyzes will include a theoretical part describing the main techniques which will then be applied in a practical session. The aim will be to extract and analyze nucleic acids. A last part will include analysis and interpretation of data.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face

Assessment methods and criteria

This teaching unit is composed of four parts which are:

molecular and laboratory part, below entitled "practical part": responsible Prof. Luc Willems,
genetic and preservation of ligneous biodiversity part: responsible Prof. Ludivine Lassois
applied crop genetics part: responsible Prof. Hervé Vanderschuren
populations and quantitative genetics part: responsible Prof. Nicolas Gengler

The evaluation of the practical part will be composed on the one hand by the note resulting from the continuous evaluation carried out during the laboratories (reports / questions / questions before, during and after the labs) and a question asked during the first session evaluation. If this part is not validated in the first session, part of the written evaluation of the second session will deal with the material seen in the laboratory.
The assessment of the other parties will be done through written assessments
Regardless of the number of hours spent for each part, the final grade will be calculated as the arithmetic average of the marks received in each of these 4 parts.
However, if the student gets a serious deficiency (<8/20) in the practical part then the final grade will be:

equal to the score of the practical part if this mark is lower than the final mark calculated by average
equal to the final mark calculated by average if it is lower than the mark of the practical part.

Partial waivers will be granted for each part which scores 10/20 or more. These exemptions are valid only within the same academic year.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Luc Willems Research Director of the FNRS Professor at ULg Molecular Biology Tel: +32 81 62 21 57 Luc.willems@ulg.ac.be
Hervé Vanderschuren Professor Plant Genetics Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech University of Liège Tel: +32 81 62 25 71 herve.vanderschuren@ulg.ac.be
Ludivine Lassois Forestry genetics University of Liège Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech BIOSE Departement Passage des Déportés, 2 B-5030 Gembloux Belgium Tel: + 32 81 62 23 21 ludivine.lassois@ulg.ac.be
Nicolas Gengler Professor Numerical genetics, genomics and modeling Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Université de Liège Tel: +32 81 62 22 06 nicolas.gengler@ulg.ac.be

Application of molecular biology and genetics