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Facultat d'Enologia
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Grau de Biotecnologia (2009)
 Assignatures
  BIOTECNOLOGIA MOLECULAR ANIMAL I VEGETAL
   Continguts
Tema Subtema
Plant biotechnology. Topic 1. Introduction to plant biotechnology Definitions of plant biotechnology
The history of genetic modifications in crops
Green Revolution (GR)
Next GR and circular economy in the food system
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
Techniques to produce GM plants
Development of GM plants
Cultivation trends of GM crops
GM crops
GM traits
Production data
Biotech crop developments in USA and Europe
Bt maize (MON 810) in Spain
Applications
Biotech food considerations, Hunger and future
Plant biotechnology. Topic 2. Plant in vitro cultures
Plant in vitro cultures
Stages
Applications
Explants
Plant biotechnology. Topic 3. Somaclonal variation Definition
Factors
Advantages and disadvantages
Methods of detection
Plant biotechnology. Topic 4 Techniques to produce TG plants Overview of techniques to produce transgenic plants
Agrobacterium tumefaciens- the major vector in plant genetic engineering
Ti plasmid
Mechanism of action
Applications in plant genetic engineering:
Disarmed vectors, intermediate vectors and binary vectors
Transformation with Agrobacterium
Arabidopsis and floral dip method
Limitations of Agrobacterium
Virus-mediated gene transfer
Direct gene transfer methods
Transformation of protoplasts
Biolistics or gene gun bombardment
Electroporation
Microinjection
Transfer with glass fibers (Whiskers)
Vectors, promoters and selection markers
Plant biotechnology. Topic 5 Applications of plant biotechnology I generation
Resistance against viruses and insects
Tolerance to herbicides
II generation
Food quality
III generation
Pharming
Biomaterials
Biofuels
Bioremediation
Others
Gardening and forestry
Plant biotechnology. Topic 6 Modifying the plant genome RNAi
Zinc Finger Nucleases (ZFN)
Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases (TALENs)
CRISPR/Cas9
T-DNA and transposon’s insertions
TILLING (targeted induced local lesions in the genome)
Animal biotechnology. Topic 1. Introduction to animal biotechnology Definition and objectives
Historical facts
The technologies involved
Applications
Regulation and concerns
Animal biotechnology. Topic 2. Animals as laboratory tools
Natural and laboratory populations
Key principles of 3Rs
Mouse as model system
Genetic standardization
Inbred strains, F1 hybrids, coisogenic, congenic and outbred strains among others
Mouse nomenclature
Genetic drift and substrain development
Genetic integrity monitoring and SNPs
Cryopreservation
Animal biotechnology. Topic 3. Early embryogenesis and reproductive biology in laboratory mouse Preformism versus epigenesis
Stages of embryogenesis
Spermatogenesis
Oogenesis
Fertilization
Acrosomal and cortical reaction
Cleavage divisions
Zygote, morula, blastula, blastocyst
Gastrulation
Ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm
Organogenesis
Embryonic stem (ES) cells
Reproductive characteristics
Sex determination
Male anatomy and sperm production
Female anatomy and egg production
Estrous cycle
Mating options
Problems
Animal biotechnology. Topic 4. Assisted reproduction technologies (ARTs) in human and animals Assisted reproduction technologies (ARTs)
Human infertility
Causes of female and male infertility
Controled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) and artificial insemination (AI)
Cryopreservation- egg, sperm and embryo banking
Sex determination
In vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
Preimplantation genetic diagnostics (PGD)
Omics in reproductive medicine
Animal biotechnology. Topic 5. Cloning Reproductive cloning:
Embryos and biotechnology
Reproductive and therapeutic cloning
History of cloning
Embryo splitting
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) Dolly
Problems and difficulties
Cloning of endangered and extinct species
Therapeutic cloning:
Regenerative medicine and therapeutic cloning
Stem cells
Adult stem cells
Embryonic stem (ES) cells
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) stem cells
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells)
Applications in regenerative medicine, disease modeling and drug discovery
Animal biotechnology. Topic 6. Non-targeted transgenesis Physiological, pathological and induced models
Forward versus reverse genetics
Non-targeted transgenesis
Pronuclear injection (PNI)
Viral transgenesis
Sperm-mediated transgenesis
Animal biotechnology. Topic 7. Targeted transgenesis Gene targeting
Mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells
Homologous recombination
Positive and negative selection of ES cell clones
Typical gene targeting experiment
Blastocyst injection
Chimera production and breeding
YAC transgenes
Knock out (KO) and Knock in (KI)
Conditional strategies
Cre/loxP recombination system
Flp/Frt system
Inducible strategies
Cre-ERT system
TetOn/TetOff systems
Reporter mouse
RNAi
Animal biotechnology. Topic 8. Applications in transgenic livestock Transgenic livestock
Methodologies
Pharming (biopharming)
Applications in agriculture: enhanced nutrition, reduced environmental impact, enhanced milk,
enhanced growth rates and carcass composition, improved disease resistance, improved reproductive performance and fecundity, improved hair and fiber
Risks and conclusions
Animal Topic 9 Transgenesis and pathology
Non-targeted transgenesis and HER2 TG mice in breast cancer
Targeted transgenesis, colon stem cells and colon cancer
Lineage tracing in KI mice
Aging
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS)