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Laboratorial Course - Green Biotechnology

Code: 
BIOL-445
Semester: 
Winter Semester
Course type: 
Selection
Course website: 
Website of the course
Course units: 
3
ECTS units: 
4

Hours per week

Laboratory: 
3

Instructors

Kotzabasis Kiriakos
Professor
Kalantidis Kriton
Professor
Pirintsos Stergios
Professor
Tsagris Efthimia
Assistant Professor
Vontas Ioannis
Emeritus Professor

Description

  1. Induction methods of RNA silencing in plants. (K. Kalantidis)
  2. Methods of genetic modification of plants. (K. Kalantidis)
  3. Bioenergetical regulatory mechanisms of plant tolerance/sensitivity to abiotic stress. (K. Kotzabasis)
  4. Microalgal Biotechnology I: Bioenergetic strategy of microalgae for the biodegradation of toxic phenolic compounds. (K. Kotzabasis)
  5.  Microalgal Biotechnology II: Photosynthetic production of hydrogen (Η2) from microalgae. (K. Kotzabasis)
  6. Microalgal Biotechnology III: Optimal conditions for the production of lipids from microalgae – Production of biodiesel from microalgal lipids. (K. Kotzabasis)
  7. Non-molecular biotechnological techniques:  in vitro culture of plant cells and tissues. (K.A. Roubelakis)
  8. Techniques of the molecular virology. (E. Tsagris)
  9. Modern approaches for determining pest sensitivity/resistance to pesticides in plant protection  (I. Vontas)
  10. Modern techniques of elemental analysis (S. Pirintsos)
  11. Biomonitoring of environmental pollution using plant indicators. (S. Pirintsos)

Undergraduate courses

Introduction to Zoology

A Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

Laboratory Course in Introduction to Zoology

A Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3
LAB
3

Physics

A Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
2

General Chemistry

A Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

Uses of Computers I

A Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
2
TH
2

English Ι

A Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
2
TH
3

Microbiology

C Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

English IV

D Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
3
TH
3

Physical Chemistry

D Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

Methods in Ecology

C Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3
LAB
3

Terrestrial Ecosystem Management

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Reading Course

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4

Plant Molecular Virology

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

Reading Course

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4

Quarterly Laboratorial Course

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4

Quarterly Laboratorial Course

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4

When Biochemistry meets Epigenetics

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Cell Biology

B Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
3
TR
2

Plant Structure

B Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Advanced methods for the analysis of cellular processes

E Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3
TH
3

Animal Physiology

F Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Micro/nano-technologies in Biology and Molecular Diagnostics

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

Applications of Current Microscopy Techniques

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

Aquaculture

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Benthic Ecology

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Biochemistry I

B Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

Biochemistry II

D Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

Biodiversity and Plant Evolutionary Ecology

D Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Biogeography

E Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Biomathematics

B Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

Biostatistics

E Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
3
LAB
3

Biotechnology

F Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

Cell Growth, Proliferation and Cancer

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Computational Biology

F Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
5
TH
3
TR
1

Crystal Structure Determination of Biological Macromolecules

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

Developmental Biology

F Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

Developmental Biology of Drosophila

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
2

Developmental Plant Biology

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Ecology

C Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

English ΙΙ

B Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
2
TH
3

English ΙΙΙ

C Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
3
TH
3

Enzyme Biotechnology

E Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

Evolution

E Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4
TR
1

Evolutionary Ecology

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

General methods for the identification and analysis of biological macromolecules

B Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3
LAB
4

General methods of cellular and genetic analysis

C Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3
LAB
3

Genetics II

D Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Genetics Ι

C Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4
TR
1

Human Genetics

E Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Ichthyology

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Immunobiology

E Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

Introduction to Medical and Economic Entomology

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

Introduction to Programming

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Laboratorial Course - Green Biotechnology

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
LAB
3

Laboratory Course in Animal Biodiversity

D Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3
LAB
3

Laboratory Course in Fauna of Greece

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
3
LAB
3

Laboratory Course in Marine Biology

D Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3
LAB
3

Laboratory Course in Plant Biodiversity

D Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3
LAB
3

Laboratory course in Plant Structure

B Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3
LAB
3

Management of Marine Biological Resources

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

Marine Biology

D Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Marine Biotechnology

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

Marine Pollution

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

Methods in Ecology

C Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3
LAB
3

Methods in Genetics and Immunology

E Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3

Methods in Microbiology and Biochemistry

C Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3

Methods of analysis for physiological processes

F Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3
LAB
4

Molecular Biology

C Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

Molecular Evolution

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

Molecular Oncogenesis

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
2

Neurobiology

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Organic Chemistry

A Semester
Obligatory
CU
4
ECTS
6
TH
4

Photobiology

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

Photosynthesis

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Plant Molecular Virology

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

Methods for the functional analysis of biological macromolecules

D Semester
Obligatory
CU
2
ECTS
3
LAB
3

Plant Physiology

F Semester
Obligatory
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Protein Engineering

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

RNA

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
2
ECTS
4
TH
2

Special Topics in Immunology

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Terrestrial Ecosystem Management

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Topics in Physical Geography & Geomorphology

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Topics on Cell Cycle and Differentiation

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
2

Computational methods in Evolution

Spring Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

Special Issues in Cell Biology

Winter Semester
Selection
CU
3
ECTS
4
TH
3

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