Dinamika mikrobnih genomov

Opis predmeta

Dinamika mikrobnih genomov z različnimi prerazporeditvami in horizontalnimi prenosi DNA ter evolucija novih patogenov.

  • Mutageneza, rekombinacija in horizontalni prenosi DNA.
  • Struktura genomov, stalni in pogrešljivi del genomov, pangenom.
  • Genomski otoki, otoki patogenosti, metagenomski otoki.
  • Mobilni genetski elementi in mehanizmi horizontalnih prenosov DNA (transpozoni, plazmidi, integrativni konjugativni elementi, virusi).
  • Obrambapredtujo DNA.

Cilji in kompetence

Cilj predmeta je povezati razumevanje strukture genomov in genetskih elementov z mehanizmi, ki omogočajo dinamiko mikrobnega genoma ter dejavniki okolja, ki vplivajo na to dinamiko. Vsebine predmeta so nadgradnja celično-bioloških, biokemijskih in genetskih predmetov na 1. in 2. stopnji. Pridobljena znanja dajejo študentom osnovo za poglobljeno razumevanje dinamike mikrobnih genomov, potrebno za njegovo doktorsko disertacijo.

Metode poučevanja in učenja

Pouk je organiziran s predavanji, konzultacijami; seminarsko delo. 

Predvideni študijski rezultati

Znanje in razumevanje:

Študent bo pridobil znanje in razumevanje o strukturi genomov, genetskih elementih in mehanizmih horizontalnega genskega prenosa, njihovi uravnavi ter dejavnikih okolja, ki vplivajo na dinamiko mikrobnih genomov

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Bodi na tekočem

Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, Tržaška cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana

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