Poznań Doctoral School of the Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences Parkowa 5, 62-035 Kórnik, Poland e-mail: idkornik@man.poznan.pl phone: +48 (61) 817 00 33, fax +48 (61) 817 01 66 www. idpan.poznan.pl
POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY
Informacje ogólne/General information
Nazwa przedmiotu/
Name of the subject Nowe wyzwania w biologii drzew/ New challenges in tree biology Jednostka
prowadząca/Unit offering the subject
Instytut Dendrologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences Język
przedmiotu/Language of the subject
Język angielski/ English
Limit miejsca w grupach/Limit of the places in groups
Terminy zajęć/Time of
classes 10.11, 17.11, 24.11, 1.12 i 8.12
Information about the subject
Typ przedmiotu/Type
of the subject Obowiązkowy/ Obligatory Imię i nazwisko
koordynatora przedmiotu/Person coordinating the subject
dr hab. Ewa M. Kalemba, kalemba@man.poznan.pl
Imię i nazwisko osób prowadzących/First and last names of people conducting the subject
Pracownicy naukowi Instytutu Dendrologii PAN/ Academics of Institute of Dendrology PAS
Imię i nazwisko osób egzaminujących/First and last name of the examiner or the creditor
Pracownicy naukowi Instytutu Dendrologii PAN/ Academics of Institute of Dendrology PAS; osoba zaliczająca/ credits: dr hab. Ewa M. Kalemba
Sposób realizacji/
Implementation method
Wykład z wykorzystaniem środków audiowizualnych poprzez MS TEAMS/ Lecture with the use of audiovisual means via MS TEAMS Wymagania
dodatkowe/
Additional Requirements
Wiedza z zakresu podstaw biologii, fizjologii i biochemii roślin, genetyki roślin, biologii molekularnej, ekologii/ Knowledge in the field of basic biology, plant physiology and biochemistry, plant genetics, molecular biology, ecology
Liczba punktów ECTS/Number of ECTS* credits
4 ECTS
Metody dydaktyczne/
Didactic methods used Wykład z prezentacją multimedialną, metoda studium przypadku, dyskusja dydaktyczna. Student: praca własna z literaturą/ Lecture with multimedia presentation, case study method, didactic discussion.
Student: own work with the literature.
Zakres tematów/
Scope of topics Digitised biological collections as a source of research data.
Plant biometrics - how can you use it in your research?
Poznań Doctoral School of the Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences Dioecy in plants – does gender matter?
Consequences of apomixis in woody plants.
How to assess impact of alien non-pathogenic fungi on native ecosystems?
High-throughput molecular biology methods in tree research.
Ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources: trees.
Somatic embryogenesis as biotechnological tool for clonal forestry.
Adaptation of trees and forests to climate change.
Regulation of seed dormancy and germination mechanisms in a changing environment.
Forest genetics and tree improvement.
Patterns of genetic diversity across trees geographical range.
Materiały dodatkowe/
Additional materials
Efekty ksztełcenia/ Learning outcomes
Efekty kształcenia dla przedmiotu ujęte w kategorii: wiedzy, umiejętności i kompetencji
społecznych/ Learning outcomes for the subject included in the category of knowledge, skills and social
competences
Knowledge
P8S_WG_1. PhD Student gains basic knowledge about the current challenges that forestry is facing and about the global problems in tree biology.
P8S_WG_2. PhD Student understands the basic concepts related to population genetics and genomics of forest tree species; characterizes the diversity of woody plants in a global perspective; recognizes reproductive structures distinguishing plant sexes; summarizes the phenomenon of apomixis, gains basic knowledge about biotechnology and explains the process of somatic embryogenesis.
P8S_WG_3. PhD Student describes the adaptation of forests, trees, and tree seeds to climate change; characterizes methods of Ex situ plant conservation; lists the types of high-throughput research on trees;
explains the process of the influence of alien species on native ecosystem; distinguishes plant biometric features.
Skills
P8S_UW_1. PhD student analyses scientific collections and finds the access to core biodiversity information, chooses biometric methods for identification of species.
P8S_UW_2. PhD student evaluates potential applications of the asexual formation of a seed, verifies adaptive benefits promoting allogamy; and predicts trends in genetic biodiversity.
P8S_UW_3. PhD student compares methods of preservation of plant genetic resources; discuss the future of forest ecosystems in relation to climate crisis; suggests the use of various molecular methods in forestry studies; discusses the ecological impacts of alien species.
Social competences
P8S_KO. PhD student is open to current scientific, economic and social challenges related to forestry; is cautious and critical in expressing opinions corresponding to global problems in tree research.
P8S_KK. PhD student is sensitive to international issues associated with climate change and appreciates the scientific effort to investigate and obtain resources for sustainable development.
Poznań Doctoral School of the Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences
P8S_KR. PhD student understands the need for scientific investigations focused on protection and management of forest biodiversity.
Metody sprawdzenia efektów kształcenia/
Assessment methods &
criteria
Assessment methods:
- written exam – P8S_W and P8S_K
- discussions and active participations in lectures – P8S_U
Warunki zaliczenia i literatura/Credit requirements and literature
Forma i warunki zaliczenia/ Form and conditions of
completing the course
exam: written exam
Literatura/ Literature Graeber K., Nakabayashi K., Miatton E., Leubner-Metzger G., Soppe, W.J.J. 2012 Molecular mechanisms of seed dormancy. Plant Cell Environ. 35:1769–1786. doi:
10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02542.x
Lelu-Walter M.A., Thompson D., Harvengt L. Thompson D., Harvengt L., Sanchez L., Toribio M., Pâques L.E. 2013 Somatic embryogenesis in forestry with a focus on Europe: state-of-the-art, benefits, challenges and future direction. Tree Genet.
Genomes 9:883–899. doi: 10.1007/s11295-013-0620-1
Bettoni J.C., Bonnart R., Volk G.M. 2021 Challenges in implementing plant shoot tip cryopreservation technologies. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 144:21–34.
doi.org/10.1007/s11240-020-01846-x
Aubin I., Munson A.D., Cardou F., Burton P.J., Isabel N., Pedlar J.H., Paquette A., Taylor A.R., Delagrange S., Kebli H., Messier C., Shipley B., Valladares F., Kattge J., Boisvert- Marsh L., McKenney D. 2016 Traits to stay, traits to move: A review of functional traits to assess sensitivity and adaptive capacity of temperate and boreal trees to climate change, Environ Rev. 24:164-186. doi:10.1139/er-2015-0072
Heberling J.M., Prather L.A., Tonsor S.J. 2019 The changing uses of herbarium data in an era of global change: An overview using automated content analysis. BioScience 69:812–822. doi:10.1093/biosci/biz094
Bai S.N. 2017 Reconsideration of Plant Morphological Traits: From a Structure-Based Perspective to a Function-Based Evolutionary Perspective. Front Plant Sci. 8:345. doi:
10.3389/fpls.2017.00345
Lebedev V.G., Lebedeva T.N., Chernodubov A.I., Shestibratov K.A. 2020 Genomic selection for forest tree improvement: methods, achievements and perspectives.
Forests 11(11), 1190; doi:10.3390/f11111190
Naidoo S., Slippers B., Plett J.M., Coles D., Oates C.N. 2019 The road to resistance in forest trees. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 273; doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00273
Asker S.E., Jerling L. 2017 Apomixis in Plants. Routledge, Boca Raton, doi:
10.1201/9781315137537
Dickie I.A., Nunez M.A., Pringle A., Lebel T., Tourtellot S., Johnston P.R. 2016 Towards management of invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi. Biological Invasions 18:3383–3395.
