BIO2030/FSC5071 - Timetable of Topics 2026
Week # | Weekly topic | Lab/Workshop | Staff |
1 | Challenges of Food Security | Food Security workshop | KM |
2 | Turning biomass into food | Harvest 1 | KM |
3 | Carbon dioxide and plant growth | Data analysis | ME |
4 | Water and food security | Harvest 2, physiology | ME |
5 | Climate change and nutrition | Data analysis. Review for test and lab report | ME |
6 | Exploiting genetic variation for improved crop production | Test 1, Introduction to Genetic resources | KM/ME |
7 | Detecting genetic modifications in practice | PCR lab, Running gel | MP |
8 | Crop improvement in a changing world | Poster prep | ME |
Semester break Sept 21 – 25 | |||
9 | Ecology of food | Nutrition workshop | MP |
10 | Sustainable food production | Sustainability workshop Literature club (FSC5071) | KM |
11 | Nutritio, phenotypic plasticity & food security | Presentations (BIO2030) | ME, MP, KM |
12 | Environmental ethics | Workshop, Test 2 | KM/ME |
Staff: ME - Dr. Maria Ermakova; MP - Dr. Matt Piper, KM - Dr Kelly Merrin
Teaching Associates: Luke O’Regan, Anshuman Singh
Workshops (W): see Allocate+
Laboratories (L): see Allocate+