S5066 Biochemistry and our Changing Climate

Přírodovědecká fakulta
podzim 2025
Rozsah
celodenní praktický seminář. 1 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučováno kontaktně
Vyučující
RNDr. Michaela Fajkusová (pomocník)
doc. Mgr. Jan Havliš, Dr. (pomocník)
Garance
Mgr. Nikola Kostlánová, Ph.D.
Středoevropský technologický institut
Kontaktní osoba: RNDr. Michaela Fajkusová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Středoevropský technologický institut
Předpoklady
Participants are expected to have a background in biochemistry. The workshop is designed for advanced Master’s students (typically in their final year) and PhD candidates.
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Cíle předmětu
The course is led by Professor Karla Neugebauer from Yale University — a distinguished scientist and leading expert in RNA biology and molecular biophysics. The course will feature a highly innovative, interactive, and eye-opening teaching approach that engages participants in exploring how climate change acts at the molecular level.
Climate change is impacting how cells and organisms grow and reproduce. Imagine the ocean spiking a fever: cold-blooded organisms of all shapes, sizes and complexities struggle to survive when water temperatures go up 2-4 degrees. Some organisms adapt to extremes, while others cannot. Predicted and observed changes in temperature, pH and salt concentration do and will affect many parameters of the living world, from the kinetics of chemical reactions and cellular signaling pathways to the accumulation of unforeseen chemicals in the environment, the appearance and dispersal of new diseases, and the development of new foods. In this course, we will approach climate change from the molecular point of view, identifying how cells and organisms – from microbes to plants and animals – respond to changing environmental conditions. To embrace the concept of “one health” for all life on the planet, this course will leverage biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biophysics and genetics to develop an understanding of the impact of climate change on the living world. We will consider the foundational knowledge that biochemistry can bring to the table as we meet the challenge of climate change.
Výstupy z učení
Students will learn to apply biochemical thinking to climate issues.
Osnova
  • The course will be held in the CEITEC atrium (building E35) on 10 November 2025.
  • Program:
  • 9:00 – 10:50 Block 1 (Lecture and Journal Club) How is biochemistry a climate issue?
  • Focal points: coral bleaching; the forest, its symbionts, and fire
  • 11:10 – 13:00 Block 2 (Lecture and Journal Club) Biochemistry and the architecture of the future
  • Focal points: use of natural materials for buildings that sequester carbon; bio-engineering renewable materials
  • 13:30 – 16:30 Block 3 (Lecture and World Café) Synthetic biology solutions to the Anthropocene
  • Focal points: alternative foods; engineering carbon drawdown
Výukové metody
lecture, discussion, journal-club, brainstorming
Metody hodnocení
active participation
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
https://www.ceitec.cz/biochemistry-and-our-changing-climate/a5413
Registration is required for this course (workshop) via the following website: https://www.ceitec.cz/biochemistry-and-our-changing-climate/a5413. The registration deadline is 3 November, and the number of participants is limited. Only participants who register through the website will be able to attend and complete the course.
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