autumn 2018 BIO-8606 Basic and applied microalgae II - 10 ECTS

Application deadline

Registration for class and exam on Studentweb by 1 September for autumn semester.

PhD students at UiT The Arctic University of Norway must go directly to Studentweb to register for class and exam. Others need to apply, and be granted admission, prior to registering for class and exam.


Type of course

PhD course mainly aimed at biology and biotechnology students. The course is also available as a singular course.

Admission requirements

PhD students or holders of a Norwegian master´s degree of five years or 3+ 2 years (or equivalent) may be admitted. PhD students must upload a document from their university stating that there are registered PhD students. This group of applicants does not have to prove English proficiency and are exempt from semester fee.

Holders of a Master´s degree must upload a Master´s Diploma with Diploma Supplement / English translation of the diploma. Applicants from listed countries must document proficiency in English. To find out if this applies to you see the following list:

Proficiency in English must be documented - list of countries

 

For more information on accepted English proficiency tests and scores, as well as exemptions from the English proficiency tests, please see the following document:

Proficiency in english - PhD level studies

Recommended prerequisites: One or several of following courses (or equivalent): BIO-1501 Akvatisk Økologi, BIO-2001 Fysiologi I, BIO-2513 Marin Biodiversitet, BIO-2601 Generell mikrobiologi, BIO-2606 Generell og marin bioteknologi, BIO-2010 Marine Ecology, BIO-2009 Green Biotechnology and Bioenergy; BIO-3504 Production and Growth in Polar Areas; BIO-3612 Marin bioprospektering og bioaktive komponenter; BIO-3610 Industriell bioteknologi; FSK-3004 Næringsmiddelkjemi; KJE-3402 Protein Structure; MBI-3006 Biotechnology; KJE-3603 Protein Production Technology


Course overlap

If you pass the examination in this course, you will get an reduction in credits (as stated below), if you previously have passed the following courses:

BIO-3614 Basic and applied microalgae I 5 stp

Course content

  • Part I. Basic microalgae taxonomy, physiology, and growth regulating stressors
  • Part II. Microalgae biochemistry and applied microalgae science (bioprospecting, mass cultivation, CO2 and NOx sequestration, products, biorefinery, process modelling, technology)


Recommended prerequisites

BIO-1501 Aquatic Ecology, BIO-2001 Physiology I (Plant Physiology), BIO-2009 Green Biotechnology and Bioenergy, BIO-2010 Marine Ecology, BIO-2513 Marin biodiversitet, BIO-2601 General microbiology, BIO-2606 General and marine biotechnology, BIO-3504 Production and Growth in Polar Areas, BIO-3610 Industrial Biotechnology, BIO-3612 Marine bioprospecting and bioactive compounds, FSK-3004 Food Chemistry, KJE-3402 Protein Structure, KJE-3603 Protein Production Technology, MBI-3006 Biotechnology

Objectives of the course

The course aims at giving the students knowledge of «de facto» microalgae science relevant to the new and emerging frontiers in bioenergy/biotechnology/CCU-applications. It will therefore give a thorough understanding of selected aspects of microalgae ecology/dynamics relevant to applied microalgae science. This involves basic microalgae ecology (taxonomy, physiology, stressors), enabling an understanding of issues central in applied algae science. Included here are also quantitative issues of primary production, i.e. biomass synthesis, as well as «whole process» biorefinery aspects and processing. Some of the lectures are shared with students at a master¿s version of the course, but the PhD course both have a wider as well as deeper focus than the master¿s course, reflected in additional lectures, seminars and the written practical (see reading list).

Language of instruction and examination

English if international students, otherwise Norwegian.

Teaching methods

The course is comprised of 12 lectures (2 hrs), 5 seminars (2 hrs) and 1 practical (36 hrs). The syllabus is made up of relevant scientific articles and fact sheets that will be given out after the lectures. In order to mediate an understanding of quantitative and dynamic aspects of microalgae ecology as well as production/cultivation applications, the students will participate in the construction of a (simple) «whole process» mathematical/dynamic simulation model. This quantitative model concept will function to interconnect all lectured science themes. Included in the course is a «biomass measuring methods» practical, either arranged as participation during a research cruise or at a microalgae production plant.

This course has a schedule that overlaps (has some lectures in common) with the master¿s course BIO-3614 Basic and applied microalgae I.


Assessment

Oral exam. Grade: Pass/Fail.

Coursework requirements: In order to attend exam, students must fulfill three coursework requirements:
1. Attendance at 90% of the lectures/seminars
2. Submission of one written (practical) project
3. Submission of a report presenting results from selected model scenarios.

Re-sit: A re-sit exam is arranged in the next semester.


Recommended reading/syllabus

The syllabus includes selected scientific articles, handed out «fact sheets» and a written project. In addition to this come seminar participation and preparation.

Syllabus and reading list will be announced at first show up (course start).

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  • About the course
  • Campus: Tromsø |
  • ECTS: 10
  • Course code: BIO-8606