Universität Wien

300473 PP Heavy metal stress: ecology of organisms (2009S)

Ecology of organisms from heavy metal habitats: Strategies to cope with stress

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

!!! Zusätzliche Infoveranstaltung/Vorbesprechung WÄHREND der online-Anmeldefrist: 18.02.2009 um 12 Uhr, HS II, Althanstrasse!!!

Vorbesprechung: 02.03.2009 von 11:15 - 12:00 Uhr im HS 2. Blockveranstaltung: Beginn: 12.05.2009
Termine: Di 12.05.09
Mi 13.05.09
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Do 28.05.09
Mi 03.06.09
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Di 09.06.09
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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. 12 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The project laboratory course deals with natural and man-made heavy metal habitats and their organisms.
The geophysical situation of the habitats and the specialized organisms that have developed on these toxic soils, will be discussed. Methods of analysis will be explained and applied individually.

Assessment and permitted materials

Personal contributions during the project practicum.
The results of the practical course will be discussed through guided and independent bibliographical research, summarized in a protocol, and presented in a final seminar.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The Prject Practicum shall lead to a better understanding of the organism's resistance to toxic soil and their strategies of survival. This knowledge can be deepened and applied in practice within the scope of an excursion to heavy metal habitats. This excursion can be found as a separate item in the university catalog.

Examination topics

The practical course takes place in the laboratories of the Cell Imaging and Ultrastructure Research Unit in the Biocenter Althanstrasse.
Heavy metals will be analysed in soils and plants:
by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) by X-ray microanalysis (EDX),
by Light Microscopy (LM) and specific fluorescent dyes and markers,
in plants and soils through neutron-activation analysis (Prater Reaktor
in extracts by atomic absorption spectral photometry (AAS)

Reading list


Association in the course directory

BOE 10, BOE 11, BOE 12, BPF 9

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