Course: Cryptobiosis

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Course title Cryptobiosis
Course code KBI/BK300
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Czerneková Michaela, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
The course aims to support students in their research, deepen their knowledge of invertebrate biology by studies of the cryptobiotic ability of invertebrates, and by learning the biochemical and physiological essence of cryptobiotic abilities. The focus is held on anhydrobiosis and survival of extreme conditions in taxa Tardigrada, Rotifera and Nematoda. Cryptobiosis in plants is also included as an interdisciplinary topic.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
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Recommended literature
  • Anderson J.V. Advances in plant dormancy. Springer 2015.
  • Clegg J.S., 1964. The control of emergence and metabolism by external osmotic pressure and the role of free glycerol in developing cysts of Artemia salina. J. Exp. Biol. 41,879 -892..
  • Clegg J.S., 1973. Do dried cryptobiotes have a metabolism? In Anhydrobiosis (ed. J. H. Crowe and J. S. Clegg), pp. 141-146..
  • Clegg J.S., 2010. Cryptobiosis - a peculiar state of biological organization. Comp Biochem Physiol B 128:613-624.
  • Des Marteaux L. E., Hallett R.H., 2019. Swede midge diapause initiation under stable conditions: not a family affair. The Canadian Entomologist 151: 465-474..
  • Goyal, K., Walton, L.J. & Tunnacliffe, A., 2005. LEA proteins prevent protein aggregation due to water stress. Biochem J 388, 151-157..
  • Leopold. Membranes, metabolism and dry organisms, 1983.
  • Lubzens, Cerda, Clark. Dormancy and resistance in harsh environments. Springer 2010..
  • Madin, K. A. C. and Crowe, J. H., 1975. Anhydrobiosis in nematodes: Carbohydrate and lipid metabolism during dehydration. Journal of Experimental Zoology 193, 335-342..
  • Mobjerg N., Halberg K., et al., 2011. Survival in extreme environments - on the current knowledge of adaptation in tardigrades. Acta Physiologica 202: 409-420..
  • Štětina T., Poupardin R., Moos M., Šimek P., Šmilauer Petr, Košťál V., 2019. Larvae of Drosophila melanogaster exhibit transcriptional activation of immune response pathways and antimicrobial peptides during recovery from supercooling stress. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 105: 60-68..
  • Warner, A.H., Miroshnychenko, O., Kozarova, A., Vacratsis, P.O., MacRae, T.H., Kim, J. & Clegg, J.S., 2010. Evidence for multiple group 1 late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins in encysted embryos of Artemia and their organelles. J Biochem 148, 581-592..
  • Wharton D.A., 2002. Life at the limits. Organisms in extreme environments. Cambridge University Press..
  • Womersley Ch., 1981. Biochemical and biophysical aspects of anhydrobiosis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry 70(4): 669-678..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Biology (A14) Category: Biology courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -