Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Interdisciplinary Seminar on Research Topics on Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences

Code

11389

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia

Department

Departamento de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas

Credits

3.0

Teacher in charge

João José de Carvalho Correia de Freitas

Weekly hours

2

Teaching language

Português

Objectives

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit (knowledge, skills and competences to be developed by the students)


Knowledge:
On the most relevant investigations carried out in FCTUNL and their relevance to society.
On methodologies, issues, techniques, difficulties and "moods" of scientists FCTUNL.

Understanding:
Modes of knowledge production and its influence on teaching.

Skills:
Relate the activity of scientists with the characteristics and needs of education.
Read, interpret, criticize and systematizing of scientific literature.
Support and build documents describing problems of science.

Prerequisites

General computer and Internet use

Average knowledge of English, both spoken and written.

Subject matter

This seminar focus will be on research topics in Life, Earth and Environment Sciences.

The seminar coordinators will pick a number of sicentists and junor scientists from FCTUNL that will prepare a 1h lecture, which will be preceded by readings by students and followed by debate. Both will be complemented with online fora.

Possible themes accordingly to present research (May 2013):

  • Molecular Mechanisms underlying Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  • Microfluidic devices for biosensors
  • Phylogenetics of Plant Pathogenic Fungi
  • Cancer Photothermal Therapy
  • Peptidoglycan amidation: an unexplored step of bacterial cell wall synthesis
  • Chemical Sensors and Biosensors
  • Biodeterioration of glazed wall tiles
  • Model for assessing sustainability of small scale energy production
  • Functional Genomics and Physiology of Yeasts
  • Yeast Evolutionary Ecology
  • Antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

Bibliography

Derry, G. N. (1999). What Science is and How it Works (pp. 1–323). Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press.
Fiolhais, C. (2011). A Ciência em Portugal (pp. 1–118). Lisboa: Fundac?a?o Francisco Manuel dos Santos.
Gago, J. M., Ziman, J., Caro, P., Constantinou, C., Davies, G., Parchamannn, I., et al. (2004). Increasing Human Resources for Science and Technology in Europe (Report to the EC Conference Europe Needs More Scientists) (pp. 1–182). European Commission.
Rocard, M., Csermely, P., Jorde, D., & Lenzen, D. (2007). Science Education Now: A Renewed Pedagogy for the Future of Europe. European Commission.
Rutherford, F. J., & Ahlgren, A. (1995). Ciência para Todos. (C. C. Martins, Trans.) (1st ed., pp. 1–215). Lisboa: Gradiva.
Snow, C. P. (1964). The Two Cultures: And A Second Look (pp. 1–113). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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