- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Geobiologia 1300-WGEBIOL-OG
Course comprises:
1. What is geobiology?
2. The global carbon cycle: biological processes
3. The global carbon cycle: geological processes
4. The global nitrogen cycle
5. The global sulphur cycle
6. The global iron cycle
7. The global oxygen cycle
8. Microbial-mineral interactions: bio- and organomineralisation processes
9. Eukaryotic skeletal formation
10. Plants and animals as geobiological agents
11. Molecular biology’s contribution to geobiology
- Molecular approaches used in geobiology
- Molecular clocks
- Ancient DNA
12. Stable isotope geobiology
13. Biomarkers: informative molecules for studies in geobiology
14. The fossil record of microbial life
15. Geobiology of the Archaean, Proterozoic and Phaneorozoic
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
The student will learn the theoretical aspects of geobiology as an introduction to the biological and geological techniques used to decipher how organisms influence the physical Earth and vice versa, and how biological and physical processes have interacted through the planet’s long history. Specifically, through experimental and field examples, students will learn how organisms participate in the Earth system and what consequences these activities have had or may have for local to global environmental states.
Assessment criteria
The examination requirements cover the material presented in the lectures. The exam is written and includes a test and descriptive section.
Practical placement
not applicable
Bibliography
Knoll, A.H., Canfield, D.E., Konhauser, K.O., 2012. Fundamentals of geobiology, 1st edition, Wiley-Blackwell.
Articles in Geobiology, Biogeochemistry.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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