| Course Type | Elective Course |
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| Course Level | Master's Degree With Thesis |
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| Year of Study | - |
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| Semester | - |
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| ECTS | 10 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
- |
| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Distinguish knowledge of biosafety and risk assessment of products derived from recombinant DNA research and environment release of genetically modified organisms, national and international regulations.
- Analyze ethical aspects related to biological, biomedical, health care and biotechnology research.
- Analyze different types of intellectual property rights in general and protection of products derived from biotechnology research and issues related to application and obtaining patents.
- To have knowledge about specific hazards associated with handling and manipulating human or animal cells and tissues, as well as toxic, corrosive or mutagenic solvents and reagent.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | No |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | No |
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| Course Description | This course will provide an understanding on biosafety and risk assessment of products, ethical issues in biological research. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Laboratory safety/microorganisms |
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2nd Week |
Laboratory safety/plants-mammalian cell culture |
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3rd Week |
General principles for the laboratory and environmental biosafety, health aspects: toxicology, allergenicity, antibiotic resistance, etc |
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4th Week |
Biosafety and risk assessment issues |
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5th Week |
Regulatory framework: national biosafety policies and law, cross border movement of germplasm, risk management issues - containment |
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6th Week |
Impact on environment: gene flow in natural and artificial ecologies, sources of gene escape, tolerance of target organisms, creation of superweeds/superviruses, etc |
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7th Week |
Ecological aspects of GMOs and impact on biodiversity, monitoring strategies and methods for detecting transgenics, transgenics to human health, society and the environment |
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8th Week |
Paper presentation |
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9th Week |
The WTO and other international agreements, intellectual properties, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, geographical indications, etc |
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10th Week |
Protection of plant variety and farmers right act, Indian patent act and amendments, patent filing |
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11th Week |
Convention on biological diversity, implications of intellectual property rights on the commercialization of biotechnology products |
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12th Week |
Paper presentation |
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13th Week |
Paper presentation |
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14th Week |
Paper presentation |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Bioethics and biosafety in Biotechnology Sree Krishna New Age Publishers
Sasson A, Biotechnologies and Development, UNESCO Publications, 1988.
Sasson A. Biotechnologies in developing countries present and future,UNESCO publishers |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Discussion
- Questions/Answers
- Presentation
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Presentation of Article |
2 |
50 |
| Other |
1 |
50 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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100 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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0 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
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| Preparation for Quiz |
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| Individual or group work |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
95 |
95 |
| Course hours |
14 |
3 |
42 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
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| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Homework |
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| Article Presentation |
2 |
80 |
160 |
| Total Work Load | 302 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 10.06 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 10 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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