General information

Course type LAS
Module title Biotechnology
Language English
Module lecturer Jakub Rybka
Lecturer's email jrybka@amu.edu.pl
Lecturer position prof. dr hab. inż.
Faculty Faculty of History
Semester 2025/2026 (summer)
Duration 30
ECTS 3
USOS code 18-S1LAA02-P02962

Timetable

Module aim (aims)

1 Transfer of knowledge in the history of biotechnology.
2 Transfer of knowledge about fundamentals of Biotechnology (division) and discussion of individual branches.
3 Transfer of knowledge in [lant Biotechnology (green biotechnology)
4 Transfer of knowledge in biotechnology of the Sea (blue biotechnology)
5 Transfer of knowledge in medical biotechnology (red biotechnology)
6 Transfer of knowledge in industrial biotechnology (white biotechnology)
7 Transfer of knowledge in biotechnology in its social aspect (purple biotechnology)
8 Transfer of knowledge in biotechnology related to bioterrorism and biological weapons (dark biotechnology)
9 Transfer of knowledge in nanobiotechnology (gold biotechnology)
10 Presentation of the basics of Bioinformatics

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Syllabus

1. History of Biotechnology.
2. Basics of Biology.
3. Basics of Biotechnology.
4. Laboratories in Biotechnology.

Reading list

Obligatory
  1. Nelson D.L., Cox M., Lehninger M., Principles of Biochemistry, 6th Ed. W.H. Freeman and Company, NY, USA, 2013.
Optional
  1. Kristiansen B., Ratledge C., Basics of Biotechnology, Cambridge University Press, 2006.