COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY OF MACROALGAE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 5105 BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY OF MACROALGAE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA YAVUZ ERGÜN

Offered to

M.Sc. in Biochemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry
Ph.D in Biochemistry

Course Objective

Macroalgae are of reat importance in the marine ecosystems. The marine seaweeds are used in different industries such as cosmetics, pharmacy etc. In this course, biochemical mechanisms in macroalgae metabolisms, their primary and secondary metabolite production, bioactive agent isolation and characterization and patents from marine organisms will be discussed in great detail.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify important macroalgae species in marine ecosystems
2   Give remarkable examples for primary and secondary metabolites and explain them
3   Know isolation and characterization methods of marine compounds
4   Follow current literature on the biochemical and biotechnological importance of macroalgae
5   Work in international project groups

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to biochemistry and biotechnology of macroalgae
2 Structural properties of marine macroalgae
3 Medicinally important macroalgae
4 Industrial important macroalgae from Turkish coastlines
5 Bioactive metabolite isolation and purification from marine organisms
6 Structure elucidation of marine compounds
7 Harmful and Invasive marine algae
8 Midterm Exam
9 Biochemical interactions between epiphytic and host organisms
10 Wound closure substances in marine algae
11 Bio-fuel production from marine algae
12 Marine compounds in cosmetic industry
13 Homeworks, presentations and current papers from related field
14 Homeworks, presentations and current papers from related field

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Barsanti L., Gualtieri P. (2005). Algae: Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology. Taylor &Francis Publ.
2. Dey P. M. ve Harborne J.B. (2006). Methods in Plant Biochemistry. Academic Press
3. Various published research and review papers from Journal of Applied Phycology, European Journal of Phycology, and Marine Biotechnology

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Class presentation,
2. Questions-answers,
3. Active learning strategies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 RPT 1 REPORT 1
3 RPT 2 REPORT 2
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + RPT 1 +RPT 2/2 * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + RPT 1 +RPT 2/2 * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In order to evaluate student's performance, the following scores will be evaluated: Homework-1 and -2 (20%) + Midterm (20%) + Final Exam (60%)

Assessment Criteria

The questions based on the relationship between learning objects and learning targets will be asked to students in the exams.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The students must participate the 70% of the total lecture hours

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University,
Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry
Email: levent.cavas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 17.00-18.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 17 17
Preparation for final exam 1 28 28
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Finding relevant papers from journals 5 3 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 168

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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