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Teaching of the Küpper
group (as Department of Plant Biophysics &
Biochemistry and formerly workgroup at Konstanz
University)
(discontinued courses are indicated with the respective
date)
Target group,
language of
the documents / lectures
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Description of the
teaching activity
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2nd
semester
in German
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Lectures
of the practical course on microscopic
plant anatomy (2010-2013, in
Konstanz).
Lectures held by myself (lectures of the
other parts on homepages of my
colleagues):
- Leaves (slides in colour
or b/w)
- Leaf
specialisations (slides in colour
or b/w),
- Meristems & Growth (slides in colour
or b/w) |
2nd semester
in German
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Lectures on
photosynthesis as part of the lecture
series introducting to anatomy and
physiology of plants ("Einführung in Bau
und Funktion der Pflanzen") (2012-2013, in
Konstanz):
- Photosynthesis Introduction: colour
or b/w
- Light and Pigments: colour
or b/w
- Antennae: colour
or b/w
- Reaction centres: colour
or b/w
- Electron transport: colour
or b/w
- Dark reactions: colour
or b/w
- Summary and Retrospect: colour
or b/w
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advanced students
(5th semsester BSc,
biology & life science)
in German
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Lectures as
part of the "Kompaktkurs
Pflanzenphysiologie"
(2004-2013, in Konstanz)
"Versuchstheorie":
- Experiment 3
(slides in colour
or bw)
(2012-2013)
- Plant nutrition I:
principles and macronutrients P, S, Ca, K, Mg (slides in
colour
or bw)
- Plant nutrition II:
Heavy metals Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and Zn as
micronutrients and as toxic elements (slides in colour
or bw)
(2004-2010):
- Biophysics of Photosynthesis (slides in
colour
or bw)
- Heavy metals as Micronutrients
(slides in colour
or bw)
- Heavy metal
Toxicity
(slides in colour
or bw)
- Nitrogen Fixation
and Regulation of photosynthesis for
nitrogen fixation
(slides in colour
or bw)
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advanced students
(MSc, PhD:
biology, life science, biophysics and
biochemistry)
in English
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Lectures
of the advanced course "Bioinorganic
Chemistry and Biophysics of Plants"
(2012-continued, in Konstanz and České Budějovice):
- Introduction:
- Basics of coordination
chemistry in biological Systems: colour
"Bioinorganic chemistry
& Biophysics of Plants": colour
- Biophysics of Photosynthesis as the
fundamental process in plants: colour
- Methods for analysing photosynthesis: colour
- Further methods of UV-VIS absorption and
fluorescence spectroscopy in vivo and in
situ: colour
- Work with
metalloproteins: expression, isolation,
purification and characterisation by
biochemical assays and metalloproteomics:
colour
- Chromatographic methods:
basics, advanced HPLC methods: colour
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X-ray emission spectroscopy (EDX, PIXE,
µXRF)for analysing element distribution in
biological samples and X-ray absorption
spectroscopy (XANES, EXAFS) for analysing
biological metal complexes: colour
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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (EPR,
NMR) as structural tools: colour
- Trace element nutrition in plants:
uptake and transport of transition metals:
colour
- Introduction to the essential role
of metals in photosynthesis: colour
- From physiology to biochemistry to
spectroscopy and protein structure: copper
and iron proteins: colour
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Biogeochemical cycles of elements, in
particular metals: colour
- Nitrogen fixation and regulation
of photosynthesis for nitrogen fixation: colour
- Micronutrients in algae: iodine and
iron: colour
- Metal Toxicity: basic
principles: colour
- Copper as an essential, but also highly
toxic, biologically redox-active metal: colour
- Cadmium as a highly toxic but
possibly also beneficial, biologically
redox-inert metal: colour
- Arsenic toxicity and
speciation in plants, incl. implications
for human nutrition: colour
- Principles of metal detoxification in
plants: colour
- Biotechnological use of metal
accumulation in plants: colour
- Literature searches and scientific
writing: colour
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pdfs
of the lectures of the last year are available on
request, pdfs of the lectures of the current
semester can be downloaded directly by clicking on
the links.
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designed by Hendrik Küpper, last modified 25 May
2021
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