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Plant Physiology and Metabolism

Code: 44780 ECTS Credits: 6
2024/2025
Degree Type Year
4318297 Plant Biology, Genomics and Biotechnology OT 0

Contact

Name:
Roser Tolra Perez
Email:
roser.tolra@uab.cat

Teachers

Isabel Corrales Pinart
Benet Gunse Forcadell
Merce Llugany Olle
Carlota Poschenrieder Wiens
Soledad Martos Arias
Eliana Carolina Bianucci Ovando

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Plant Physiology and plant metabolism


Objectives and Contextualisation

Acquisition of an integrative vision at the molecular, metabolic and physiological level of plant functioning based on the metabolic diversity of plants and their regulation through various internal and external factors.


Learning Outcomes

  1. CA01 (Competence) Apply biotechnological cell factory methods to plants and fungi to obtain new secondary metabolite products that are useful in the pharmaceutical and food industries.
  2. CA02 (Competence) Work in a multidisciplinary team while respecting the universal accessibility of all people in the field of plant physiology and metabolism.
  3. KA01 (Knowledge) Describe transport processes and characterise the regulation of plant metabolism.
  4. KA02 (Knowledge) Identify and evaluate sex/gender inequalities in the field of plant biology.
  5. SA01 (Skill) Manage bibliographic information and computer resources in the field of plant physiology and metabolism.
  6. SA02 (Skill) Apply knowledge of secondary metabolites of plants for industrial and biotechnological uses.
  7. SA03 (Skill) Select and apply plant models to the study of functional mechanisms in plants.
  8. SA04 (Skill) Apply the most appropriate experimental tools to the study of plant phenotyping.

Content

Compartmentation of the plant cell
Energy transformation
Transport processes and their regulation in plants
Primary and Secondary metabolism

Experimental techniques in Plant Physiology and Metabolism:

-Growth analysis and phenotyping
-Membrane stability (stress marker)
-Water and ionic relations
- Fluorescence of chlorophylls


Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Laboratory practices 9.5 0.38
Seminars 10 0.4
Theoretical classes 18 0.72
Type: Supervised      
Preparation of seminars and reports 24 0.96
Type: Autonomous      
Personal study, consultation and analysis of articles and reports 87.5 3.5

In-person, supervised activities and visit to an external institution

The in-person activities are theory classes, seminars, laboratory practices and a visit to a research institution.

The supervised activities refer to the preparation of presentations at the seminar. Students can request personalized tutoring sessions from teachers

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.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Attendance and participation in classes and seminars 10% 0 0 CA02, SA01, SA02
Individual presentation at the seminar 30% 0 0 CA02
Report of laboratory activities 20% 0 0 CA01, CA02, SA02, SA03, SA04
Written exam on the content of the theoretical classes 40% 1 0.04 KA01, KA02, SA01, SA02

The final grade is calculated as follows:
attendance and participation in classes and seminars (10%);
laboratory activities report (20%),
individual presentation at the seminar (30%),
written exam on the content of theoretical classes (40%)

This subject/module does not include the single assessment system.


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


Language list

Name Group Language Semester Turn
(PLABm) Practical laboratories (master) 1 English first semester morning-mixed
(SEMm) Seminars (master) 1 English first semester morning-mixed
(TEm) Theory (master) 1 English first semester morning-mixed