| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| A11 | Proper application of the diversity of recombinant DNA techniques and methodologies to design cellular genetic engineering strategies for the production of homologous or heterologous proteins or cells capable of acting as biocatalysts | |
| A14 | Assess the socio-economic impact and the bioethical implications of the different biotechnological processes and assure the current legal dispositions. | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| B7 | Sensitivity to environmental issues | |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| Learning outcomes |
| Type A | Code | Learning outcomes |
| A11 |
Know the biotechnological aspect, the utility for food and human and animal health, foods derived from genetically modified organisms. | |
| A14 |
Know the agrotechnological benefits, the ecological and economic impact, and the legal and food safety aspects of foods derived from genetically modified organisms. | |
| Type B | Code | Learning outcomes |
| B7 |
Solve problems taking into account sustainable development and its implications. | |
| Type C | Code | Learning outcomes |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Foods that come from transgenic plants: |
· Foods: - seeds, oils, flours, feed from soya, rapeseed, cotton, rice, corn, wheat, flax. - Sugarcane and beet sugars, corn starch and potato starch - fruits, juices and sauces of tomato, papaya, pumpkin and zucchini - corn, rice and soy vitamins - others · Recombinant genes in transgenic plants: - resistance to insects, fungi and herbicides - resistance to drought, cold - maturation delay - enrichment in specific nutrients - others · Economic and social aspects of transgenic plants and their derivatives to food. · Ecological aspects of the agriculture of transgenic plants. · Sanitary aspects of foods derived from transgenic plants. · Food agencies. Legal and regulatory aspects. |
| Foods that come from transgenic animals: |
· Foods from transgenic animals: - meats, dairy products - others · Recombinant genes in transgenic animals: - hormones - enrichment in specific nutrients - others · Economic and social aspects of transgenic animals with food utility. · Ecological aspects. · Sanitary aspects of foods derived from transgenic animals. · Legal and regulatory aspects. |
| Recombinant microorganisms in food. | · Use of bacteria and transgenic fungi in the processing of food. |
| Debates: For or against transgenic foods? | - ecological aspects - economic aspects - health aspects |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | ||||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours |
Hours outside the classroom |
(**) Total hours | |||||||
| Introductory activities |
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1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Debates |
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14 | 25 | 39 | ||||||
| Lecture |
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12 | 20 | 32 | ||||||
| Personal attention |
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1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | ||||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Activities aimed to making contact and collecting information from students, and presentation of the subject. |
| Debates | Activity where two or more groups defend opposing positions on a given topic. |
| Lecture | Exposition of the subject content. |
| Personal attention | Teacher's reserved time to solve queries and doubts of the students. |
| Personalized attention |
| Description |
| Teacher's reserved time to address students and solve their queries and doubts. Previously contact by email: juanbautista.fernandez@urv.cat |
| Assessment |
| Methodologies | Competences | Description | Weight | ||||
| Debates |
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Students will have to defend the use of transgenic foods to human nutrition by providing scientific documentation and arguments, integrating the biotechnological, economic, social, ecological aspects, and taking stock of risks and benefits on health and transgenic food. | 50% | ||||
| Others |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
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Second call: debates can be retrieved with a work and written tests with an exam. During the evaluation tests, mobile phones, tablets and other devices that are not expressly authorized by the test must be turned off and out of sight. The demonstratively fraudulent realization of any evaluative activity of any subject in both material and virtual and electronic support entails the student the failure mark of this evaluative activity. Regardless of this, given the seriousness of the facts, the center can propose the initiation of a disciplinary file, which will be initiated by resolution of the rector. |
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| Sources of information |
| Basic |
, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) http://www.efsa.europa.eu/, ,
, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/, ,
, Center for Environmental Risk Assessment (CERA) of Genetically Modified Crops http://cera-gmc.org/, ,
, Transgenic Research http://www.springerlink.com/content/0962-8819/, ,
, Genetically Modified Crops and Food: Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/gmcrops/, , trimestral des de 2011
Stephen Nottingham (Author), Eat Your Genes: How Genetically Modified Food Is Entering Our Diet, , 2003
Paul Lurquin (Author) , High Tech Harvest: Understanding Genetically Modified Food Plants , , 2004
Michael Ruse (Editor), David Castle (Editor) , Genetically Modified Foods: Debating Biotechnology , , 2002
Kimberly A. Wilson (Author), Martin Teitel (Author), Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature, 2, 2001 |
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Agències de seguretat alimentaria European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) http://www.efsa.europa.eu/ U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/ Center for Environmental Risk Assessment (CERA) of Genetically Modified Crops http://cera-gmc.org/ Revistes especialitzades Genetically Modified Crops and Food: Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/gmcrops/ Llibres. Bibliografia bàsica Eat Your Genes: How Genetically Modified Food Is Entering Our Diet Stephen Nottingham (Author) Publication Date: September, 2003 | ISBN-10: 184277347X | ISBN-13: 978-1842773475 | Edition: 2nd High Tech Harvest: Understanding Genetically Modified Food Plants Paul Lurquin (Author) Publication Date: April, 2004 Genetically Modified Foods: Debating Biotechnology (Contemporary Issues Series) Michael Ruse (Editor), David Castle (Editor) Publication Date: November 2002 | ISBN-10: 1573929964 | ISBN-13: 978-1573929967 Genetically Engineered Food: Changing the Nature of Nature Kimberly A. Wilson (Author), Martin Teitel Ph.D. (Author) Publication Date: April, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0892819480 | ISBN-13: 978-0892819485 | Edition: 2nd |
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| Complementary |
Marie-Monique Robin (Author) , The World According to Monsanto , 1, 2012
W. Krämer, U. Schirrmer, P. Jeschke, M. Withschel (Editors), Modern Crop Protection Compounds. Volume 1: Herbicides, 2, 2012
Norman Maclean (Editor), Animal with Novel Genes, 1, 1994
Sarad R. Parekh (Editor), The GMO Handbook. Genetically Modified Animals, Microbes and Plants in Biotechnology , 1 , 2004 |
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The World According to Monsanto Marie-Monique Robin (Author) Publication Date: January, 2012 Modern Crop Protection Compounds. Volume 1: Herbicides. Chapter 9 Genetically Modified Herbicide-Resistant Crops Second, revised and enlarged Edition. W. Krämer, U. Schirrmer, P. Jeschke, M. Withschel (Editors) Willey-VCH Publication Date: 2012 ISBN: 978-3-527-32965-6 Biblioteca URV Animal with Novel Genes Norman Maclean (Editor) Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 1994 ISBN: 0-521-43256-1 Biblioteca URV The GMO Handbook. Genetically Modified Animals, Microbes and Plants in Biotechnology Sarad R. Parekh (Editor) Humana Press Publication Date: 2004 ISBN: 1-58829-307-6 Biblioteca URV |
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