Lecturer(s)
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Chodáková Lenka, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Novel gene editing systems in human somatic gene therapy 2. Living Carbon company - photosynthesis enhanced trees grow faster and capture more carbon 3. Prime editing - eradicating human inherited diseases? 4. Personal genomics in cancer immunotherapy Synthetic biology - engineering artificial photosynthetic yeasts.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Semestral paper
- 24 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 26 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The student will choose a current topic on the application of OMICs technology, biotechnology or genome editing and will elaborate this topic (1) into an essay, which (2) will be presented in a seminar to other students where the topic will be discussed.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
credit: writing an essay on the selected topic, presentation of the essay at the seminar, at least 75% participation in the seminar
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Recommended literature
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Web resources, scientific literature on the topic..
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