Planetary health
BIO-413
- Announcements (Forum)
- BIO-413: Course Syllabus (File)
- Topics for Group ProjectsBioengineering for sustai... (Text and media area)
- Resources for Group Projects (Folder)
- Question forum for project - Bioremediation or Bioengineering (Teacher: John McKinney) (Forum)
- Question forum for project - Climate change & health (Teacher: Nicola Banwell) (Forum)
- Question forum for project - Cancer (Teacher: Elisa Oricchio) (Forum)
- Question forum for project - Global Metabolism (Teacher: Giovanni D'Angelo) (Forum)
9 September - 15 September (Module 1) Teacher: Banwell
9 September 2025
09:15-11:00: Lecture
11:15-13:00: Exercises (mapping planetary boundaries and health outcomes)
- Module 1 Questions (Forum)
- Module 1 - Readings (Folder)
- Wk1 Lecture - Introduction to course and planetary health (File)
- Wk 1 exercise (File)
15 September - 21 September (Module 1) Teacher: Banwell
16 September 2025
09:15-11:00: Lecture
011:15-13:00: Exercises
22 September - 28 September (Module 1) Teacher: Banwell
23 September 2025
09:15-10:00: Lecture
10:15-11:00: Exercises
11:15-13:00 Group work
- Week 3 - Sustainability solutions: A critical reflection (File)
- Forming groups for group work (Group choice)
29 September - 5 October (Module 2) Teacher: D'Angelo
6 October - 12 October (Module 2) Teacher: D'Angelo
- BIO-413_Lecture_week11 (File)
- Journal Club 2 (File)
- Paper_OPTIONS (File)
- IPCC AR6 WGIII SPM (File)
- Paper_LOW_CARBON_DIETS (File)
- Recorded Lecture Part1 (URL)
- Recorded Lecture Part2 (URL)
13 October - 19 October (Exam 1) Teachers: Banwell & D'Angelo
09:15-11:00: Exam
11:15-13:00: Group work on projects
20 October - 26 October (Semester Break)
27 October - 2 November (Module 3) Teacher: McKinney
BACKGROUND READING:
Folger T (2014) Review. The next green revolution. National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/green-revolution/.
Broadfoot M (2017) Review. Is this the next green revolution? Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-this-the-next-green-revolution/.
- BIO-413_Instructions for Exam & Exercises (File)
- BIO-413_Week07_Lecture (McKinney) (File)
- BIO-413_Week07_Exercises (McKinney) (File)
- BIO-413_Week07_Exercises_Rubric (McKinney) (File)
3 November - 9 November (Module 3) Teacher: McKinney
BACKGROUND READING:
Bla S, Garg D, Thirumalesh BV, Sharma M, Sridhar K, Inbaraj BS, Tripathi M (2022) Review. Recent strategies for bioremediation of emerging pollutants: a review for a green and sustainable environment. Toxics doi:10.3390/toxics10080484.
______- BIO-413_Week08_Lecture (McKinney) (File)
- BIO-413_Week08_Exercises (McKinney) (File)
- BIO-413_Week08_Exercises_Rubric (McKinney) (File)
- BIO-413_Forum_Video on "How to Speak" by Prof. Patrick Winston (MIT) (Forum)
10 November - 16 November (Module 3) Teacher: McKinney
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17 November - 23 November (Module 4) Teacher: Oricchio
11:15-13:00: Group work on projects
24 November - 30 November (Module 4) Teacher: Oricchio
11:15-13:00: Journal club
1 December - 7 December (Exam 2) Teachers: Oricchio & McKinney
11:15-13:00: Exam (Oricchio)