spring 2015
BIO-8009 Marine bioprospecting and bioactive compounds for health - 3 ECTS

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Application deadline

1st of Feb. 2015. Contact Klara Stensvåg as soon as possible: klara.stensvag@uit.no. Phone: +47 776 44512. Maximum number of participants: 20.

Type of course

Can be taken as an individual course.

Admission requirements

Registration deadline: 1st of Feb. 2015.
Contact Klara Stensvåg as soon as possible: klara.stensvag@uit.no. Phone: +47 776 44512.
Maximum number of participants: 20.

The course comprise is integrated in workshop 3 and the rest of the conference Bioprosp_2015. Thus, you must also sign up for this conference.

Follow the application for the conference. External PhD students must apply for guest status at the host university (the site of the course), forms available here: Application PhD Courses

Course content

The Phd course in Marine bioprospecting and bioactive compounds for health is multidisciplinary.

Key Issues

  • The first part of the course will be given as weekly online lectures during February 2015.
  • Week 8. daily online lectures. One of the lecturer will be Professor Marcel Jaspars, University of Aberdeen, UK.
  • Tuesday February 17th there will be a course day (scientific/social/presentation technique) at UiT. During this day we will have lectures, be present at the opening of the Arctic Biodiscovery Centre at UiT. Demonstration at Marbio. One of the lectures during this day will be given by Bengt Erik Haug, University of Bergen.
  • Wednesday February 18th (before lunch) there will be a preconference workshop
  • Participation at the 3 day BIOPROSP Conference.
  • After the conference the students have to write a home assignment (exam).

The Workshop - scope and Key Issues

8.30 Welcome and introduction, Klara Stensvåg, UiT The Arctic University of Tromsø

8.40 Lessons in natural product drug discovery - Development of ziconotide as a drug for the treatment of chronic pain, David Craik, The University of Queensland, Australia

9.25 Coffee break

9.40 Lessons in natural product drug discovery - part II, David Craik, The University of Queensland, Australia

10.25 Coffee break

10.40 Marine natural products mimics - from an organic chemists view, Jørn H. Hansen, UiT The Arctic University of Tromsø

11.25 Discussion

12.00 Lunch

Objectives of the course

Scope

The course aim is to teach the essential themes related to bioprospecting and different approaches to reveal bioactive components for health:

  • Biological resources and material used for bioprospecting
  • Different approaches and methods used
  • Cases
  • Demonstrations

The themes in the course will spend from biological resources in the ocean to characteristics of bioactive molecules with marine origin. Different methods used will be presented and discussed. It will be focus on processes of lead - development and use examples from secondary metabolites and peptides with bioactivity for health.

Language of instruction and examination

English.

Teaching methods

Intensive course:

  • lectures
  • participation on the Bioprosp 2015 Conference (Tromsø 18th - 20nd of February) and the pre-conference workshop (WS3).
Follow the application for the conference: BIOPROSP_2015.

Class Fronter will be used as a common platform.

Assessment

A paper on a set subject.

The subject will be relevant for the course (can be a subject from the conference). Must be approved.

Recommended reading/syllabus

Everything that is presented, More information will be given by the contact person.

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  • About the course
  • Campus: Tromsø |
  • ECTS: 3
  • Course code: BIO-8009