Seminar: Molecular Environmental Biology in Microbes and Plants

Master course for biology students - principally aimed at MSc-students specializing in Molecular Environmental Biology.

Subject of the seminar will be molecular biology approaches to analyse the interaction and communication of molecules, cell compartments, cells, microbial communities, microbes and photosynthetic organisms with their respective environments. Examples from ongoing research in the Molecular Environments Research Group will provide the platform for the contributions.Topics include the communication within plant and bacterial cells, communication of cells and organisms with their environment and communication in microbial soil communities as well as plant/microbial and plant/plant associations. Techniques in focus are genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic analyses in plants, microbes and microbial communities.

Knowledge: Students who have completed this course:

• know limitations and opportunities of research questions based on current projects at UiT
• have a good understanding of the applicability of molecular techniques
• have an overview over novel developments in their field as well as adjacent research areas

Skills; Students who have completed this course can:

• can present their research results using state of the art media
• are able to exercise constructive criticism in discussion fora
• can explain scientific work (own or from literature) to fellow students and researchers

General competence; Students who have completed this course can

• can explain scientific work (own or from literature) to fellow students and researchers
• convey the essence of their project to others
• engage in critical discussions with their fellow students

Language of instruction and examination

Students must regularly attend the biweekly seminar, and have an active participation in discussions. At least one oral presentation of research results during the course. Grade type: pass / fail.

Students must sign up for the course for a minimum of 3 semesters and ONLY sign up for the exam in their final semester.

Re-sit exam
There will not be a re-sit exam.