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| Degree programme | | Study hours | Credits | P1 SBU | P1 SP | 2nd Chance Exam1 | Tolerance2 | Final grade3 | |
 | 3rd year Bachelor of Biology | Compulsory | 135 | 5,0 | 135 | 5,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical |  |
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| EC 3:A graduate of the Bachelor of Biology programme takes into account the necessity of the inter- and multidisciplinary approach to examine the living world in all its aspects. He/she has to that end extensive knowledge and insight in other relevant fields of science (chemistry, physics, geology). | - EC
| EC 5: A graduate of the Bachelor of Biology programme is able to carefully run experiments and to make observations in which he/she strives for the highest possible accuracy and acts with integrity in his or her observations and measurements. | - EC
| EC 7: A graduate of the Bachelor of Biology programme is, under supervision, able to evaluate research methods and interpretations in a critical manner and is able to determine intrinsic uncertainties and limitations. |
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The aim of this course it to make the student aware of techniques used in biological research, from the molecular to the global scale. The students will be introduced to the principles and research applications of:
-DNA sequencing (Sanger and next-generation with applications in transcriptomics, genotyping and genomic variation discovery, de novo genome assembly and metagenome analysis)
-Microscopy (light, darkfield, phase contrast, DIC, UV and fluorescence, confocal microscopy, electronic microscopy, tunneling electron microscopy)
-Chromatography (gas chromatography, HPLC, column chromatography, gas/liquid chromatography, ion-exchange chromatography, GC/MS and LC-MS)
-Spectroscopy (asborbance, fluorescence, infrared, raman, and NMR)
-Electrophoresis (gradient, pulse-field, capillary)
-Climate monitoring and manipulations (eddy-covariance towers, free-air CO2 enrichment, IR heaters, rain curtains, lysimeters, ecotrons)
At the end of the course, the student should be able to chose the method best adapted to a give biological question.
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Project ✔
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Period 1 Credits 5,00
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| Written evaluaton during teaching periode | 20 % |
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| Other | The project work will be evaluated with a written report and an oral defence and will count for 20% of the final mark. |
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| Written exam | 80 % |
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| Other | Written exam (80% of the final mark) in Dutch or English, upon request. |
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| Evaluation conditions (participation and/or pass) | ✔ |
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| Conditions | Participation to practical exercises and demonstrations is required to be allowed to pass the written exam.
Participation to all evaluations is mandatory. |
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| Consequences | If a student does not participate at one of the parts of evaluation as stated before, he/she will obtain a -N- ('examenonderdeel niet volledig afgelegd: ongewettigd afwezig voor onderde(e)len van de evaluatie') as a final grade for this course. |
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| Compulsory course material |
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Power point presentations, course texts |
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Introduction to Instrumentation in Life Sciences,Prakash Singh Bisen, Anjana Sharma,9781466512405,Available as e-book: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/b12910/introduction-instrumentation-life-sciences-prakash-singh-bisen |
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1 examination regulations art.1.3, section 4. |
| 2 examination regulations art.4.7, section 2. |
3 examination regulations art.2.2, section 3.
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| Legend |
| SBU : course load | SP : ECTS | N : Dutch | E : English |
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