Plant Physiology and Metabolism
Code: 43863 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4316231 Plant Biology, Genomics and Biotechnology | OB | 0 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Roser Tolra Perez
- Email:
- roser.tolra@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- english (eng)
Other comments on languages
English is used in all lectures, seminars and lab sessionsTeachers
- Isabel Corrales Pinart
- Benet Gunse Forcadell
- Mercè Llugany Olle
- Carlota Poschenrieder Wiens
- Roser Tolra Perez
- Maria Soledad Martos Arias
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in Plant Physiology and Plant Metabolism
Objectives and Contextualisation
Acquisition of an integrative view of how different organisation levels (molecular, metabolic, and physiologic) cooperate in the functioning of the whole plant, with special emphasis on the metabolic diversity of plants and its regulation by internal and external factors
Competences
- Apply biotechnological cell factory methods to plants and fungi to obtain new products.
- Apply knowledge of functional mechanisms of various different organizational levels in plants to the characterization of growth and development processes of the whole plant organism.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Propose and analyze ad hoc solutions derived from plant research, in accordance with the situations and needs of each case.
- Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
- Use and manage bibliographical information and computer resources in the area of study.
- Use scientific terminology to argue the results of research and present them in English both orally and in writing in an international environment.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply knowledge of plants' secondary metabolism to industrial biotechnological uses.
- Choose and apply experimental tools for plant phenotyping.
- Choose and apply model plants for the study of functional mechanisms in plants.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Describe the metabolic processes of plants and apply techniques to study these.
- Describe the processes for transporting plants and apply techniques to study these.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
- Use and manage bibliographical information and computer resources in the area of study.
- Use scientific terminology to argue the results of research and present them in English both orally and in writing in an international environment.
Content
Plant cell compartmentation
Energy transformation
Transport processes in plants and their regulation
Primary metabolism
Diversity of secondary metabolism
Industrial use of plant secondary metabolism
Experimental techniques in Plant Physiology and Metabolism
-Growth analysis and phenotyping
-Membrane stability
-Water and ion relationships
-Chlorophyll fluorescence
-Analysis of metabolism
Methodology
Presencial activities are lectures, seminars, lab. practice, and visit to research institution. Attendance is required; absence should be justified. Lectures are held by the academic staff. Seminars include an individual oral presentation by each student and discussion. For lab practice students are divided into 3 groups. Part of the lab practices are demostrative. For each practical session students have to prepare a report presenting and discussing the results.
Elaboration of seminar presentations and lab reportare supervised activities, and autonomous activities include scientific reading and personal study
Students can ask the academic staff for personal turorial session
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lab practice | 9.5 | 0.38 | 6, 5, 8, 9, 10 |
| Lectures | 18 | 0.72 | 1, 6, 5, 2, 3 |
| Seminars | 10 | 0.4 | 7, 8, 4 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Preparation of seminars and reports | 24 | 0.96 | 1, 6, 5, 7, 8, 4, 2, 3, 9, 10 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Personal study, consult and analysis of articles and reports | 87.5 | 3.5 | 1, 6, 5, 7, 3, 9 |
Assessment
Final qualification is composed by the following items:
attendance and participation in lectures and seminars (10%),
report of laboratory activities 20%,
individual oral presentation at seminar 30%, and
written exam of lecture contents (40%)
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance and participation in lectures and seminars | 10% | 0 | 0 | 1, 7, 8, 10 |
| Lab report | 20% | 0 | 0 | 7, 4, 3, 9, 10 |
| Oral presentation | 30% | 0 | 0 | 7, 4, 9, 10 |
| Written exam | 40% | 1 | 0.04 | 1, 6, 5, 8, 2 |
Bibliography
Barceló J, Nicolás G, Sabater B, Sánchez R (2001) Fisiología Vegetal. Pirámide, Madrid
Barceló J (2010) Perspectivas y retos de estudio en Fisiología vegetal, Boletin de la Sociedad Española de Fisiología vegetal 51: 35-44
Taiz L, Zeiger E, Moller IM, Murphy A (2014) Plant Physiology and Development, 6th edition. Sinaurer Assoc. Oxford Univ Press. http://6e.plantphys.net/
Buchanan BB, Griessen W, Jones RL (2015) Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Plants. 2nd edition; Wiley, Blackwell, Chichester, U.K.
Jones R, Ougham H, Thomas H, Waaland S (2013) The Molecular Life of Plants, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, U.K.
Grierson CS et al (2011) One-hundred Questions Facing Plant Science Research. New Phytologist 192: 6-12. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03859.x/full
Software
No special software required