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Type of course

Master course for biology students.The course is available as a singular course.

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Course content

The aim of this course is to give a thorough introduction to molecular genetic methods and bioinformatics used in modern biological research. The course will give a basis for advanced studies in different areas of biology and include practical exercises followed by computer analyses of own sequence data sets. The students will isolate DNA and RNA from Arctic samples, make clone libraries of functional genes in the C-and N-cycles and prepare samples for sequencing in the first part of the course. The laboratory and computer work is running for two subsequent weeks and the results are discussed in plenum. The students have to write individual laboratory reports. The lectures will be closely connected to the practical problems to be solved in the laboratory. Selected articles from the scientific curriculum are topics for seminar presented by the students.

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Objectives of the course

Knowledge:

• Theory of microbial ecology
• Theory of gene and gene expression analyses
• Theory of nucleic acids extraction
• Critical consideration of scientific literature within the topics for the course
• How to write a laboratory report Critical assessment of own results

Skills:

• Isolation of DNA and RNA from environmental samples
• Preparation of samples for sequencing
• Planning molecular laboratory work
• Bioinformatics-phylogenetic analyses
• Bioinformatics - analysis of sequencing results, sequence assemblies
• Present objectives, methods and results.
• Oral and written discussion of results

General competence:

• Theory of environmental genetics
• Experimental design
• Molecular laboratory work
• Evaluation of methods
• Discussion of results
• Presentation of results

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