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Advances in Plant Biology
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5693-23-09-31 
Enrollment deadline: 06/02/2024
PlaceDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Date and timeMarch 2024 - April 2024
Regular seats20
ECTS credits12.00
Contact personNanna Bjarnholt    E-mail address: nnb@plen.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserNanna Bjarnholt    E-mail address: nnb@plen.ku.dk
Written languageEnglish
Teaching languageEnglish
Semester/BlockSpring
Block noteThe course runs for 6 weeks in the period March-April. Mondays and Tuesdays.
Scheme groupNot included in the scheme group
Scheme group noteTo be determined
Exam requirementsAttendance at lectures (min. 16) + approval of essay.
Exam formWritten assignment
Course workload
Course workload categoryHours
Lectures25.00
Preparation175.00
Project work100.00
Sum300.00
Content
The objectives of the course is to give the PhD-students good knowledge and understanding of new developments in the physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of plants in e.g. development, defense, stress response and of their use in plant based foods. Plant processes are taught in molecular detail with emphasis on the molecular mechanisms for plant response to environmental and developmental stimuli. Selected topics are treated in depth, based on the research carried out in the Copenhagen Plant Science Center (CPSC) at University of Copenhagen.

The course is taught over 6 weeks (March - April) with 4 lectures per week.
The students prepare an individual essay (in English) at the end of the course. The topic of the essay is chosen by each student in collaboration with the teacher and their PhD-supervisor. The lectures are given by specialists from the departments of the Copenhagen Plant Science Center (Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Biology Department, The Food Science Department, The Globe Institute and Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management), as well as occasional external speakers.


Examples of present topics:
Transport across cell membranes
Climate change and plant health
Cell walls: evolution, biosynthesis and applications
Biosynthesis and function of secondary plant products
Evolutionary Agroecology
Starch synthesis
Molecular biology of plant pathogen interactions
Nutrient (phosphate) signalling
Weed ecology
Cellulose synthesis
Transcription factors
Seed storage proteins and foods
Plant-microbe interactions

Learning outcome
The opjectives of the course is to give the PhD-students good knowledge and understanding of molecular processes in plant physiology, development, interactions with the surroundings and properties as food ingredients, as well as an insight into research carried out in the CPSC.

Literature
Selected research articles or review papers that support the lectures will be distributed prior to each lectures

Teaching and learning methods
There are about 24 lectures divided over 12 mornings during 6 weeks. Literature supporting each lecture is provided in advance. The students write an essay at the end of the course about a topic in plant science.

Remarks
Course capacity:
The course will only run when a sufficient number of students have registered. Students are requested to express their interest in the course by end November of the preceding year.
Course fee: C
Free of charge for PhD-students under the Open Market for Postgraduate Courses in Denmark and from NOVA-partners
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