| Course title | |||||
| マリンバイオテクノロジー [Marine Biotechnology] | |||||
| Course category | technology speciality courses,ets. | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
| Department | Year | 3～4 | Semester | Spring | |
| Course type | Spring | Course code | 023121 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 田中 剛 [TANAKA Tsuyoshi] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| It is believed that life first arose nearly 3.7 billion years ago in the ocean which occupies 70% of the earth’s surface. Until about 300 million years ago, living organisms finally started their life on the land. In the 90% of the evolutionary history of life, organisms were living in the ocean, which makes the ocean as such good biological and biogenetic resources. Various marine biotechnologies have been developed by the application of marine organisms. In this course, the students will learn the origination of life in the ocean and the energy acquisition strategy used by the marine organisms, which will then help them to understand the production of pharmaceuticals, chemical products, and biofuel from marine organisms, as well as the marine environmental protection technologies. |
| Expected Learning |
|
By the end of the course, the students should understand and be able to primarily explain the following issues: 1) origination of living organism in the ocean and their energy metabolism 2) energy acquisition strategy of marine microorganisms 3) role of the marine organisms in the marine system 4) production of useful compounds from marine biogenetic resource |
| Course schedule |
|
Lesson 1/Unit 1/1 Objectives of this course Lesson 2/Unit 2/2 Evolutionary history of life from the ocean: origination of life Lesson 3/Unit 3/3 Evolutionary history of life from the ocean: biological diversity 1 Lesson 4/Unit 4/4 Evolutionary history of life from the ocean: biological diversity 2 Lesson 5/Unit 5/5 Marine carbon and nitrate cycles and the involvement of the living organisms Lesson 6/Unit 6/6 Marine biological resources and useful compounds production Lesson 7/Unit 7/7 Unculturable microbes and marine metagenome Lesson 8/Unit 8/8 Biofouling in the marine environment and its prevention Lesson 9/Unit 9/9 Mineral formation by microorganisms and the technological application Lesson 10/Unit 10/10 Microorganisms in extreme environment and the technological application |
| Prerequisites |
| The students should have already completed the basic molecular biology and molecular biology 1 & 2. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Prints of the course content |
| References |
| Assessment/Grading |
| The students will be evaluated by their performances on reports, and presentations. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Good interaction between the teacher and students is expected. |
| Course keywords |
| Origin of life, biogenetic resource, Convention on biological diversity, production of useful compounds (pharmaceuticals, chemical products, and biofuel) from marine organisms, marine metagenome, marine environmental protection |
| Office hours |
| Remarks 1 |
| Remarks 2 |
| Related URL |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 3/23/2018 4:15:44 PM |