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BIO-3025 Molecular identification for species diagnostics: from DNA Barcoding to Metabarcoding - 5 stp


The course is administrated by

Institutt for arktisk og marin biologi

Type of course

Theoretical and practical

The course is limited to 15 students.


Course contents

Biodiversity loss, often referred to as biodiversity crisis, is a global environmental problem causing international concern and demanding urgent counteracting measures. Biodiversity is commonly defined in terms of a number of species present in a particular environment, or in total in the world. This makes species not only one of the fundamental biological concepts but also a focus of global conservation efforts. Currently morphology based species delimitation provides the baseline for conservation of most plant and animal groups. Development of molecular systematics and computational algorithms has been gradually bringing more and more genetic based approaches to characterizing species as evolutionary units, as compared to morphology based taxonomical units. The course focuses on high-throughput screening approaches of DNA sequence variation (i.e., DNA barcoding and Metabarcoding) for species identification and discovery that provide rapid assessments of biodiversity, animal diet assessment, reconstruction of paleo communities, among others. The course will consist of a series of lectures and bioinformatics practicals introducing different aspects of DNA metabarcoding. Bioinformatics practicals will introduce data analysis from raw sequences to taxonomic group assignment to enable basic ecological conclusion.

This course is organized with financial support from ForBio. Please see additional information available at: ForBio


Application deadline

Concerns only admission to singular courses: Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 June for the autumn semester and 1 December for the spring semester. Exchange students and Fulbright students: 1 October for the spring semester and 15 April for the autumn semester.

Admission requirements

Local admission, application code 9371 - Master's level singular course.

Admission requires a Bachelor`s degree (180 ECTS) or equivalent qualification, with a major in biology of minimum 80 ECTS.


Objective of the course

After the course the students should have  Knowledge:

Skills:

General competence:


Language of instruction

English

Teaching methods

Intensive course (1 week) which will include lectures and data analyses practicals.

Assessment

Oral presentation and written report containing results from a case study (100 % of mark). A graded scale of five marks from A to E for pass and F for fail.

Re-sit exam:

There will be a re-sit examination for students that did not pass the previous ordinary examination.


Date for examination

Multiple choice hand out date 13.02.2021 hand in date 13.02.2021;Written report hand in date 28.05.2021;Written report hand in date 28.05.2021

The date for the exam can be changed. The final date will be announced at your faculty early in May and early in November.