ED101 Advanced seminar in ecotoxicology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Luděk Bláha, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Klára Hilscherová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Ivan Holoubek, CSc.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Luděk Bláha, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
Advanced seminar for PhD students of Ecotoxicology or Environmental Chemistry - students should have knowledge about ecotoxicology at the MSc. level.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objective of the seminar is to continuously enhance knowledge of the PhD students from the broader perspectives. Students will discuss and present practical applications of ecotoxicology (e.g. waste ecotoxicity, law requirements etc.), geology and geochemistry, environmental chemistry, informatics and modeling, risk assessment. Seminar combines lectures of external and internal professionals, student's presentations and directed discussions to selected topics. Students will be able to combine, interpret and discuss their own results in complex environmental assessment.
Syllabus
  • Lectures of professionals - e.g. from industry, hydrometeorological institute, local and regional administration etc.
  • Summary lectures of specific research fields (e.g. soil ecotoxicology, cyanobacterial water blooms, endocrine disruption, POPs monitoring, risk assessment, GIS and modelling, etc.)
  • Students presentations and discussion of their results in English
  • Directed discussions to specific research problems (e.g. biochemical markers, assessment of complex contaminated matrices, experimental design etc.)
Literature
  • BLÁHA, Luděk. Podkladové materiály (PDF) k výuce obecné ekotoxikologie (Handout materials (PDF) for lectures from general ecotoxicology). 2005. URL info
Assessment methods
seminars weekly, individual presentation and discussion of results, credits granted for active participation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Jde o seminár pro PGS Ekotoxikologie, který se fakticky může překrývat s jinými semináři, být realizován formou speciálních workshopů, přednášek zvaných odborníků apod.
Teacher's information
http://www.recetox.muni.cz/studium
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, autumn 2017, spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019.
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