P000072, Analysmetoder inom kemisk ekologi, 6.0 Hp
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Fastställd av: FUN-LTV, 2024-01-30
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Kursspråk

Engelska

Behörighetskrav

Mål

After completion of the course, the students should:
• Demonstrate practical knowledge of methods for sampling of organic compounds
• Understand gas chromatography and liquid chromatography analytical
techniques
• Have a good practical knowledge how to choose methods, columns and detectors for chromatographic separations
• Apply suitable methods for identification of organic compounds
• Be able to individually analyse samples by GC-MS and illustrate a good practical knowledge how to identify and quantify organic compounds with GC-MS

Innehåll

The course contains a combination of online training, lectures, workshops, practical exercises and literature seminars.

The lectures will cover methods of extraction of organic compounds, such as aeration, SPE, SPME and choices of organic solvents, as well as chromatography techniques such as liquid chromatography and gas chromatography. Modern identification methods in chemical ecology, including HR-GC/MS and MS/MS will be covered.

The practical exercises include workshops, covering for example sample preparation, analysis of samples using GC-MS and interpretation of electron impact mass spectra.

Examinationsformer

The students will be continuously examined throughout the practical moments of the course. All students are required to pass diagnostic tests throughout the course. At the end of the course, they must be capable of individually operating GC-MS instruments and demonstrate knowledge gained through the practical exercises. Furthermore, they are required to present their results from the workshops and practical exercises, and discuss each other’s results.

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Institutionen för växtskyddsbiologi

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Övrig information

Pedagogical form
The course has a practical focus with hands-on laboratory exercises, while also containing preparatory online exercises and major elements of lectures, student-run workshops literature seminars and tests.

Time table
The course is scheduled full time for two weeks (minus the last Friday). Generally, there are lectures in the mornings (ca 9-12), followed by workshops, seminars or practical laboratory exercises in the afternoons (ca 13-17). About two weeks before the first lecture, there will be a two-hour Zoom start-up meeting where prestudy material will be handed out.