Universität Wien

300220 PP Algal culturing techniques and ecophysiological experiments (2013W)

10.00 ECTS (6.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Vorbesprechung am 1.10.2013- 10:00 Uhr im Seminarraum des Dep.Limnologie, Ebene 3.

4 Termine über das Semester verteilt im ÜR 7-Anatomie:
15.10.2013: 9-13 Uhr
22.10.2013: 9-13 Uhr
5.11.2013: 9-13 Uhr
12.11.2013: 9-13 Uhr
Danach Block im ÜR 5 (ganztägig) von 17.2.2014 bis 27.2.2014 - Arbeit in Kleingruppen.

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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 16 participants
Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This exercise gives a prctical introduction into sampling of microalgae from the field, cell isolation, preparation of grwoth media and cultivation of microalge.

With cultures prepared during the fixed dates, some physiologal experiments will be conducted in the course block. Examples are P and N-incorporation and different light supply.

Assessment and permitted materials

- seminar talk (20 %)
- Mitarbeit (20 %)
- talk about results obtained in the exercise (20 %)
- team report (40 %)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

- introduction into the industrial potential of microalgae
- introduction into single-cell isolation techniques
- introduction in cultivation methods for microalgae
- introduction into experimental design and handling of microorganisms
- interpretation of results
- scientific presenttation of results

Examination topics

- making capillar pipets
- techniques to isolate single cells
- methods of algal cultivation
- spectrophotometry
- oxygen measurments
- PAM-Fluorescence techniques

Reading list

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Association in the course directory

B-BPF 9, B-BPF 10, B-BOE 12, B-BOE 13

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