BIO253: Plant Biotechnology and Proteomics

This unit provides the latest information and practical training, including applications of molecular biology to crop improvement, plant pathology, gene mapping, marker-assisted breeding, proteomics (analysis and characterisation of proteins) and genetically modified plants. In practical classes students will undertake experiments in plant tissue culture, the production and analysis of transgenic plants, proteomic analysis using mass spectroscopy, molecular diagnostics, gene mapping and plant virology. The benefits and ethical issues relating to commercial growth of genetically manipulated crops are also discussed.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal
Contact Time	Lectures: 3 hours per week; laboratories: 4 hours per week.
Prerequisites	N152/BIO152 Cell Biology.
School	School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Unit Coordinator	Professor Michael Jones Position: Professor - Plant Sciences E-mail: M.Jones@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Loneragan Room 3.036D Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2424
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Barbara Bowen Lecturer (bowen@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2928 Murdoch Campus Biological Sciences Room 2.013 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)