ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish (43%), Galician (56%)
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Functional Biology
Areas: Plant Physiology
Center Faculty of Biology
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable
The objective of the course is for students to acquire the following skills:
- Distinguish plant diversity and the life cycle of plants.
- Apply their knowledge of the role of walls and membranes and of the transport mechanisms of xylem and phloem.
- Describe the processes of photosynthesis and photorespiration.
- Identify the basic processes of mineral nutrition and secondary metabolism.
- List the phytohormones and apply the knowledge of their roles in the regulation of different developmental stages.
- Identify photomorphogenesis and responses to biotic and abiotic stress.
LECTURES:
1. Plants: Diversity and introduction to functional genetics, 1h.
2. Transport: Water and chemical potential and membrane transport, 1.5 h.
3. Water: uptake in roots, transport in the xylem and regulation of stomata, 2 h.
4. Light: Electron transport chain and antennas 2 h.
5. Adaptation: Quality and intensity of light, 2 h.
6. Rubisco: Photosynthesis and photorespiration, 2h.
7. C4 and CAM: Alternative photosynthesis pathways, 1.5 h
8. Sugars: Synthesis of sucrose and starch and transport in the phloem, 1.5 h
9. Nutrients: Uptake and distribution, toxicity, and symbiosis, 2 h
10. Synthesis: Amino acids, Wall polysaccharides, Lipids, and secondary metabolites, 1.5 h
11. Messengers: Hormones and Peptides, 3h.
12. Receptors: Photoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, and chemoreceptors, 3h.
13. Development: Germination, growth, flowering, and fruiting, 2h.
14. Stress: Biotic and abiotic stress, 2h
LABORATORY:
Students will work 10 hours in the laboratory to complete the following activities:
1. Photosynthesis in isolated chloroplasts
2. Role of gibberellin in germination.
3. Role of photoreceptors in seedling development.
4. Nitrate reductase activity.
5. Analysis of results.
SEMINARS:
Interpretation and debate of experimental results related to the theoretical contents of the course.
TUTORIALS:
Resolution of student questions and review of exercises.
BASIC
Taiz, L., Zeiger, E., Moller I. M. and Murphy, A. eds., 2015. Plant Physiology and Development. 6th ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates.
Buchanan, B., Gruissem, W. and Jones, R. eds., 2015. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Plants. 2nd ed. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell.
Teaching Tools in plant Biology. http://www.plantcell.org/content/teaching-tools-plant-biology
SUPPLEMENTARY
Jones, R., Ougham, H., Thomas, H. and Waaland, S., 2012. The Molecular Life of Plants. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Smith, A.M., Coupland, G., Dolam, L., Harberd, N., Jones J., Martin, C., Sablowski, R. and Amey, A., 2010. Plant Biology. New York: Garland Science.
Taiz, L., Zeiger, E., Moller I. M. and Murphy, A. eds., 2018. Fundamentals of plant physiology. Sinauer Associates - Oxford University Press
In this course the students will work on the following competencies:
BASIC AND GENERAL
As detailed in the Degree memorandum.
TRANSVERSAL
CT1 – Integrative thinking and ability to approach problems from different perspectives.
CT2 - Search, process, analyze and synthesize information from various sources.
CT3 -Organize and plan their work.
CT4 -Interpret experimental results and identify consistent and inconsistent elements.
CT5 -Work as a team.
CT6 - Reason critically.
CT7 - Maintain an ethical commitment.
CT8 -Adapt to new situations (resilience).
SPECIFIC
CE3- Be familiar with and know how to apply instrumental techniques and protocols in a laboratory, applying the regulations and procedures related to safety and hygiene, waste management and quality control.
CE4- Have an integrated view of the inner workings of cells, including biomolecules, metabolism, gene expression, relationships between cellular compartments, as well as communication and cell signaling mechanisms.
Lectures will be taught in 27 sessions of one hour, with a periodicity of 2 hours per week during the second semester of the academic year. They will explain the basic concepts of the different sections of the course. Competencies developed: CG1, CG2, CG3, CB1, CB2, CB3, CT1, CT2, CT4, CT6, CE4.
Interactive seminar classes will be taught in small groups during 12 sessions. In these classes, students must solve common problems consisting of interpreting experimental results related to the syllabus. Competencies developed: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CT1, CT2, CT4, CT5, CT6, CE4.
Laboratory classes will comprise 10 hours distributed in 5 sessions. Attendance will be verified using participation lists. The students must prepare an individual report that will include the analysis and discussion of the results. Competencies developed: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CT3, CT4, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT8, CE3.
Throughout the course there will be 2 tutorial session of 60 minutes in very small groups in which student questions will be solved and the results of the continuous evaluation will be reviewed and discussed. Competencies developed: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CT1, CT2, CT3, CT4, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT8, CE3, CE4.
REQUIRED ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT EVALUATED:
It will be necessary to attend a minimum of 4 practice sessions in order to present the lab report.
REQUIRED ACTIVITIES THAT ARE EVALUATED:
- Lab report (25% of the final grade). Competencies evaluated: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CT3, CT4, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT8, CE3
It will be necessary to present a lab report and obtain a minimum grade of 4 out of 10 to take the final exam. In case of obtaining a grade of at least 5 and failing the subject, it will not be necessary to repeat the laboratory and the grade of the report will be maintained for the following two years. Repeating students may voluntarily submit a new lab report if they attend the last practice session .For evaluation purposes students will be considered not evaluated if they do not deliver the lab report.
- Cumulative final exam (55% of the final grade). Competencies evaluated: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CT1, CT2, CT4, CT6, CE4.
In the final exam students will have to solve problems similar to those that will be presented in seminars and laboratory classes. During the final exam student will be able to consult class notes.
NON-REQUIRED ACTIVITIES THAT ARE EVALUATED:
- Continuous assessment questionnaires (10% of the final grade). Competencies evaluated: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG5, CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CT1, CT2, CT4, CT6, CE4.
They will be held during the seminars. In the case of repeating students, the questionnaires will only be taken into account if they improve the final grade.
- Midterm exam (10% of the final grade). Competencies evaluated: The same as in the final exam.
The partial exam will be similar to the final exam and aims to familiarize students with this type of test.
WORK IN THE CLASSROOM:
- Lectures: 27 hours
- Interactive seminars: 12 hours
- Laboratory classes: 10 hours
- Tutorials in small groups: 2 hours
- Final exam: 3 hours
PERSONAL STUDENT WORK:
- Individual study and preparation of the lab report: 96 hours
TOTAL WORK HOURS: 150 HOURS
- It is advisable to study the subject during the whole course.
- It is highly recommended to participate actively in the seminar sessions since the exercises that will be solved will be similar to those of the partial and final exams.
- It is important to organize the class notes so that they can be consulated efficiently during the seminars and exams.
The subject material and all announcements will be available in the virtual classroom. A Teams group will be used to share the results of the laboratory classes.
Javier Sampedro Jiménez
- Department
- Functional Biology
- Area
- Plant Physiology
- Phone
- 881813113
- javier.sampedro [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
Yolanda Ferradas Rial
Coordinador/a- Department
- Functional Biology
- Area
- Plant Physiology
- yolanda.ferradas.rial [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: LOU (Organic Law for Universities) PhD Assistant Professor
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| 16:00-17:00 | Grupo /CLIS_02 | Classroom 08. Louis Pasteur |
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| 16:00-17:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom 08. Louis Pasteur |
| 05.24.2024 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 04: James Watson and Francis Crick |
| 07.04.2024 16:00-20:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom 03. Carl Linnaeus |
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| SAMPEDRO JIMÉNEZ, JAVIER | Spanish |
| FERRADAS RIAL, YOLANDA | Galician |
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| FERRADAS RIAL, YOLANDA | Galician |
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| FERRADAS RIAL, YOLANDA | Galician |
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| FERRADAS RIAL, YOLANDA | Galician |
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| SAMPEDRO JIMÉNEZ, JAVIER | Spanish |
| FERRADAS RIAL, YOLANDA | Galician |
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| SAMPEDRO JIMÉNEZ, JAVIER | Spanish |
| FERRADAS RIAL, YOLANDA | Galician |
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| SAMPEDRO JIMÉNEZ, JAVIER | Spanish |
| FERRADAS RIAL, YOLANDA | Galician |
| Teacher | Language |
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| SAMPEDRO JIMÉNEZ, JAVIER | Spanish |
| FERRADAS RIAL, YOLANDA | Galician |
| Teacher | Language |
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| SAMPEDRO JIMÉNEZ, JAVIER | Spanish |
| FERRADAS RIAL, YOLANDA | Galician |
| Teacher | Language |
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| SAMPEDRO JIMÉNEZ, JAVIER | Spanish |
| FERRADAS RIAL, YOLANDA | Galician |