General information
Course type | AMUPIE |
Module title | Molecular biology of growth and development of flowering plants |
Language | English |
Module lecturer | prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Garnczarska |
Lecturer's email | garnczar@amu.edu.pl |
Lecturer position | |
Faculty | Faculty of Biology |
Semester | 2025/2026 (winter) |
Duration | 24 |
ECTS | 4 |
USOS code | 01-MOLGRO-PIE |
Timetable
Lectures 16h, Laboratory 9h, 1 group
27th November 2025, Collegium Biologicum, room Owalna; 8.15/10.30; Lecture
4th December 2025, Collegium Biologicum, room Owalna; 8.15/9:45; Lecture
10th December 2025, Collegium Biologicum, room B3; 12.15/15:15; Technical training
11th December 2025, Collegium Biologicum, room Owalna; 8.15/9:45; Lecture
17th December 2025, Collegium Biologicum, room F1; 12.55/16.00; Technical training
18th December 2025, Collegium Biologicum, room C; 10.30/12.45; Lecture
8th January 2026, Collegium Biologicum, room C; 10.30/12:00; Lecture
15th January 2026, Collegium Biologicum, room C; 10.30/12:00; Lecture
21st January 2026, Collegium Biologicum, room C,10.30/12:00; Lecture
Module aim (aims)
The aim of this course is to tell the story of how the higher plant organisms change over time and what are the molecular mechanisms underlying these chagnes.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
General background in plant science.
Syllabus
Week 1 Prof. Jarosław Gzyl: Cell cycle and its regulation (2h);
Week 2 Prof. Małgorzata Garnczarska: Embryogenesis. Seed germination (3h);
Week 3 Prof. Tomasz Wyka: Organization and activity of the shoot apical meristem and formation of the primary plant body (2h);
Week 4 Prof. Tomasz Wyka: Mechanisms of leaf development and the origins of leaf diversity (2h)
Week 5 Prof. Magdalena Arasimowicz-Jelonek: Hormone signalling in sporophyte and flower growth and development. Programmed cell death in plant development and defence, stress-induced signalling (3h);
Week 7 Prof. Robert Luciński: Senescence as the final phase of leaf development. Molecular background of colouration of senescing leaves in autumn (3h)
Week 8 Prof. Robert Luciński, dr hab. Małgorzata Adamiec: Introduction to the biology of leaf senescence (laboratory, 5h)
Week 9 Introduction to plant tissue culture (laboratory, 4h)
Reading list
Davies PJ (ed) Plant Hormones. Biosynskithesis, Signal Transduction, Action, 2004, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht;
Raghavan V. Developmental biology of flowering plants, 2000, Springer Verlag, New York;
Taiz L., Zeiger E. (eds) Plant Physiology, 2006, Sinauer Associates Inc. Publishers, Sunderland.