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Lecturer(s)
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Filip Jaroslav, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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- Introduction to environmental aspect of biotechnologies. Biotechnology and sustainable development - "Green" production - biocatalysts. - "Green" production - waste production, economical point of view. - Impact of agriculture biotechnology to the environment - crop protection. - Impact of agriculture biotechnology to the environment - "agriculture revolution". - Impact of commercially available GMOs to the environment - plant production. - Impact of commercially available GMOs to the environment - meat production. - Impact of medicinal biotechnologies to the environment - (over)production of pharmaceuticals and their disposal from the environment - Environmental aspects of biotechnology-based curation and remediation in human medicine. - Biotechnology in toxicology and analysis. Biosensors, biotests and their impacts to the environment. - Remediation and reclamation biotechnologies. - Biotechnologies and energy production - impact to the environments. - Other and emergent biotechnologies and their possible impact to the environments - bionanotechnology... - Risks assessment and mitigation of biotechnologies. Regulation, control
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Practice exercises
- Preparation for examination
- 120 hours per semester
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| Studenti are aware how various biotechnologies impact on the environment in a positive ways. |
| Studenti are aware how various biotechnologies impact on the environment in a positive ways. |
| Students have knowledge about most severe adverse impacts of biotechnologies on the environment |
| Students have knowledge about most severe adverse impacts of biotechnologies on the environment |
| Students will learn how to evaluate risks associated to adverse impact of biotechnologies to the environment |
| Students will learn how to evaluate risks associated to adverse impact of biotechnologies to the environment |
| Skills |
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| Students are capable to evaluate risks associated to the adverse impact of the given biotechnology project |
| Students are capable to evaluate risks associated to the adverse impact of the given biotechnology project |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
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| Individual work of students |
| Individual work of students |
| Practice exercises |
| Practice exercises |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Oral examination |
| Grade (Using a grade system) |
| Grade (Using a grade system) |
| Analysis of seminar paper |
| Oral examination |
| Analysis of seminar paper |
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Recommended literature
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DROBNÍK, J. Biotechnologie a společnost. Karolinum, 2008. ISBN 8024614847.
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CHIRAS, D.D. Environmental science, 10th ed.. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2016. ISBN 9781284057058.
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JÖRDENING, H.J. Environmental Biotechnology: Concepts and Applications. Wiley, Weinheim, 2005. ISBN 9783527604289.
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MOO-YOUNG, M. Comprehensive Biotechnology, 2nd Ed., Vol. 6. Environmental Biotechnology and Safety. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2011. ISBN 9780080885049.
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ONDOK, J. P. Bioetika, biotechnologie a biomedicína. Triton, 2004. ISBN 8072544861.
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TWINE, R. Animals as Biotechnology: Ethics, Sustainability and Critical Animal Studies. Earthscan, London, 2010. ISBN 978-1844078301.
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