This 8-day-course will consist of a series of lectures and research discussions, focusing on stress in plants, with special attention given to molecular aspects and to applications in plant biotechnology. Topics to be dealt with are: plant-insect interactions, plant stress hormones, oxidative stress, osmostress, plant disease, and nutritional deficiency (especially symbiotic nitrogen fixation). In the morning lectures, an overview will be presented of recent research data and views and, when appropriate, it will be discussed how these data can be used for applications in industry and agriculture. In the afternoon discussions, selected papers from scientific journals will be critically analyzed with respect to specification of research questions, to the strategy of experimentation, and to the (practical) value of the results. In these discussions, the attendants will act as if they are reviewers of an international scientific journal. At the end of the course, each attendant has to prepare a critical evaluation of a scientific manuscript.
Coordinator
prof.dr. J. Kijne
Onderwijsvormen
Lectures and research discussions
Studiemateriaal
Selection of research papers
Toetsing
Critical evaluation of a scientific paper
Ingangseis/advies
basic knowledge of molecualr biology
Rooster
05.04.2004-23.04.2004
Inschrijving
form
Opmerkingen
maximal 15 deelnemers.
this course is mandatory for the Master profile Exp Plant science