Biotechnology

Doelstellingen van dit vak

At the end of this course, you will be able to: - Describe the building blocks of life and their structure-function relationship - Illustrate how life is organized into hierarchical levels - Explain the basic concepts of growth, development and reproduction and compare these between unicellular and multicellular organisms - Describe the mechanisms and strategies organism use to communicate with each other and to respond to the environment - Explain the most important basic concepts in the fields of ecology and evolution - Give examples of tools and approaches used in biotechnology - Explain the relationship between genotype, phenotype and environment - Provide examples of how biotechnology can contribute to the circular economy - Present about a scientific topic to an audience of scientific peers.