Biotechnology and sustainable agriculture

Assessment (Students can choose the language of assessment, French or English)
Lectures, Practical works and tutorials will all be dealt in English. Hand-outs as well as power-point presentations will be available on the «Moodle» platform of the ENSAT. A tutored group project will involve students into the art of scientific communication
60h
Plant biotechnology
Germplasm conservation, crop improvement and protection
Applications of in vitro culture towards the improvement and conservation of plant species will be declined.
Conventional and novel technologies involving recombinant
DNA technology aiming at reducing the use of agricultural intrants will be studied.
Model plants used to decipher gene isolation and functional analysis will be studied.
Altogether taken, these will be explored within the international legal framework of the International Biodiversity Convention and Biosafety Carthagena Protocol.
Finally, the European and French legal framework dedicated to Crop Improvement, Crop Protection, Food and Feed safety will be summarised.
Microbial Biotechnology
The role of microbes in sustainable agriculture, human and environmental health
Lectures will focus on the use of lab-cultured microorganisms to produce new biofertilisers, biopesticides, novel agents for biocontrol of plant diseases.
The presence of diverse microorganisms in food will be illustrated within the legal context of the European Food Safety Authority.
Animal biotechnology
Methodologies and case studies in animal biotechnology will be declined with respect to the resulting diverse applications.
Biotechnology and dermo-cosmetics
Dr Patrick Bogdanowicz, from Pierre Fabre Cosmétiques will explain how a flourishing local industry makes use of Biotechnology, cellular imagery during the process of developing new products in the dermo-cosmetics industry.