This is a Marine Biotechnology Core Subject
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of the different organic compounds
2. Illustrate the fundamental organic compound reactions.
The course introduces the different types of natural products (including polyketide, fatty acid, phenylpropanoid, quinonoid, flavonoid, terpenoid, steroid, alkaloid, glycoside and peptide), the drug development of the bioactive compounds isolated from marine flora and fauna, especially regarding the purification and structure elucidation techniques involved.
The course covers the marine ecosystems specifically on mangrove, coral reef and seagrass with introduction to their structures, functions, current situations, confronting problems, important roles to the earth and how to protect them.
This course exposes the students for field practical experience, focusing on marine organisms sampling methods and analysis techniques.
The course introduces the taxonomy groups of marine invertebrates and vertebrates, describe their forms and functions, habitats, life cycle and reproduction of each different group, and interpret their importance to the ecosystem and human.
This course introduces the major ecological factors/processes and the adverse impacts of anthropogenic activities to marine organisms and ecosystem, as well as the principles of marine biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management.
The course provides an insight into biomolecules, metabolism and regulatory pathways of these molecules with special attention to bridge the basis of biochemistry with the practical applications in recombinant gene engineering.
This course covers the external morphology observation and internal structure dissection of various common marine vertebrates and invertebrates including of the specimen sampling and processing, the use of common equipments (e.g. microscope, stereoscope) and the practical report writing.
This course allows students to conduct laboratory experiments related to biochemistry and molecular biology assays.
This is the specialized elective course under MBT programme, covering basic immunology for aquatic animals.
This is the core course under MBT programme, covering cellular and developmental biology.
This course covers the importance of seaweeds in society, with introduction of the marine and freshwater seaweeds, biodiversity and their role in ecosystems and climate change.
This course covers the major methods in the protection of scientific innovation including copyright, trademark, patent, and trade secret
FSC102 Basic Biology Laboratory is a practical course for the marine science discipline. The course subject includes the external morphology observation and internal structure dissection of various common marine vertebrates and invertebrates. It also provides a learning experience and skills development in specimen sampling and processing, the use of common equipment (e.g. microscope, stereoscope), scientific drawing and practical report writing.
This course provides hand-on experience in cellular and developmental biology through the use of various equipment and experiments, including microscopy, histology, as well as cell and tissue culture techniques.
This course introduces the general characteristics and activities of excitable cells as well as explaining and examining the organs and physiological systems such as circulation, respiration, digestion, extraction, energy metabolism, body temperature regulation, nervous system, sense organ and endocrinology of marine animals
This course will train students on the principle and application of statistics for Marine Biotechnology research. All statistical methods and relevant software will be covered. Students with a Masters project requiring advance statistical analysis including ecological and population survey are encouraged to select this specialization elective subject.