Laboratory Methods for Biodiversity - MB162QM03

• Title: Laboratory Methods for Biodiversity
• Czech title: Laboratorní metody ve výzkumu biodiverzity
• Guaranteed by: Department of Ecology (31-162)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2025
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:10/5, Ex [DS]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Explanation: Subject of the 2nd semester of QuBiD
• Guarantor: Associate Professor Carlo Polidori, Ph.D.

Annotation

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to laboratory techniques used to study biodiversity at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels. Through an integrated combination of wet-lab work and computational activities, students develop practical skills in molecular techniques and biodiversity data analysis. They will learn how to extract, characterize, and analyze biological molecules (nucleic acids) from plant and animal tissues, and will become familiar with methods used to assess genetic and genomic variation. The course also covers the use of molecular markers to characterize genetic diversity. In addition, students will explore key concepts in bioinformatics, including how to retrieve sequencing data from public databases, perform sequence comparison and multiple sequence alignment, and reconstruct phylogenetic trees to infer evolutionary relationships.

Course coordinator: Prof. Dr. Luca Gianfranceschi

Last update: Gáliková Kristýna, Mgr. et Mgr., DiS. (21.11.2025)