Roland Kölliker: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2018 |
| Name | Dr. Roland Kölliker |
| Address | Molekulare Pflanzenzüchtung ETH Zürich, TAN C 7.2 Tannenstrasse 1 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 45 53 |
| roland.koelliker@usys.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Environmental Systems Science |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 751-0201-00L | Scientific Methods Part I  | 0 credits | 1G | R. Kölliker, B. Studer | |
| Abstract | Die Lehrveranstaltung bereitet die Studierenden auf die grundlegenden Methoden des wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens vor. | ||||
| Learning objective | Die Studierenden kennen die Grundlagen des wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens und können diese für ihre Arbeit umsetzen. Sie sind in der Lage, relevante Literatur in Katalogen und Fachdatenbanken zu finden und das Gelernte bei der Literatursuche für ihre Rechercheaufgabe im 4. Semester sowie für ihren kritischen Literaturbericht im 5. Semester umzusetzen. | ||||
| Content | In der Vorlesung werden erste Grundlagen für das wissenschaftliche Schreiben in den Agrarwissenschaften vermittelt. Diese beinhalten Grundsätze des wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens, Argumentieren, Literaturrecherche, Literaturverwaltung und Umgang mit Daten. In Übungen und Aufgaben werden einige dieser Themen selbständig vertieft. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Die Note für die LV Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten (Teil I: Grundlagen (WiA) und Teil II: Wissenschaftliches Schreiben (WiSch)) setzt sich aus den Leistungen der Lehrveranstaltungen im 4. und 5. Semester zusammen. Die Leistungskotntrolle für WiA (4. Sem.) zählt zu 20% zur Gesamtnote und beinhaltet die Präsenz während der Lehrveranstaltung, die Bearbeitung der Rechercheaufgabe und die termingerechte Abgabe des Themas für WiSch (5. Sem.). | ||||
| 751-3500-00L | Plant Breeding | 2 credits | 2V | A. Hund, R. Kölliker | |
| Abstract | The course has a strong focus on the utilization of plant genetics for breeding. It serves a basic understanding on the reproductive biology of plants, population genetics, quantitative genetics, breeding techniques, modern biotechnology, genetic engineering, breeding schemes and variety release procedures. The course is complemented by excursions to breeders (See excursions BSc Agriculture). | ||||
| Learning objective | The course will give a basic understanding of plant genetics and breeding as required for the master courses "Genetic Resources" and "Plant Breeding". At the end of this course, students will know fundamentals of plant breeding and they will be able to assess the selection and use of different breeding tools and procedures. | ||||
| Literature | We recommend "Heiko Becker (2011), Pflanzenzüchtung, ISBN 978-3-8252-3558-1", as companion of this course. | ||||
| 751-3606-00L | Molecular Plant Breeding | 3 credits | 2G | B. Studer, C. Grieder, A. Hund, R. Kölliker | |
| Abstract | Molecular tools have significantly contributed to improve the process of plant breeding throughout the last decades. The course Molecular Plant Breeding illustrates - on the basis of lectures, exercises and practical examples - the most important molecular breeding tools (QTL, association studies..) and how these tools are applied to plant breeding by means of marker-assisted or genomic selection. | ||||
| Learning objective | At the end of the course Molecular Plant Breeding you will be able to: - understand different molecular marker technologies and genotyping methods, and how the generated data can be used for genetic distance measures and multivariate statistics in experimental and natural populations - use the most important molecular breeding tools such as genetic linkage mapping, QTL analysis, genome-wide association studies and to apply these tools to plant breeding by marker-assisted and genomic selection - describe different sequencing technologies and strategies for genome sequencing, transcriptome profiling (RNAseq) and genotyping by sequencing - apply basic bioinformatics tools for sequence data management and comparative genomics (BLAST, simple assemblies, alignments and gene annotations) | ||||
| Content | The course Molecular Plant Breeding is based on complementing lectures, exercises and practical examples. The examples cover a wide range of species and traits and will be taught by four different experts in the field. A detailed program including dates and specific contents will be provided through Moodle. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Scripts and slides for each lecture and will be made available through Moodle. | ||||
| Literature | For each lecture, additional literature covering the topic will be provided. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | The course will be held at ETH Zentrum (LFW building), where computers will be available for exercises with R or - if necessary - other specific software packages. Attendance of the courses Pflanzenzüchtung and Plant Breeding is recommended; basic understanding of R (as taught in Experimental Design and Applied Statistics in Agroecosystem Science) is advantageous. | ||||