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  • General

  • 1. 11 September - 17 September

    • 2. 18 September - 24 September

      The chemicals for improve & modify water quality.

      Practice: water quality measurement and calculation.

      • 3. 25 September - 1 October

        Practice course: test the efficacy of different oxygen enhancer (H2O2) and some other chemicals that potentially change the dissolved O2 concentration (formalin, ClO2 etc.).

        • 4. 2 October - 8 October

          Practice course: test the efficacy of different oxygen enhancer (H2O2) and some other chemicals that potentially change the dissolved O2 concentration (formalin, ClO2 etc.).

          • 5. 9 October - 15 October

            Practice course: Compare the efficacy of different disinfectants in water.

            • 6. 16 October - 22 October

              The viral and bacterial quantification.

              Practice: quantify the cell counts of a bacterial fluid. 

              • 7. 23 October - 29 October

                Practice course: NCBI blast web tool

                • 8. 30 October - 5 November

                  Practice course: Use free web tool (BioEdit) to compare gene sequences and use MEGAX to produce phylogenetic tree.

                  • 9. 6 November - 12 November

                    Midterm examination

                    • 10. 13 November - 19 November

                      Different type of vaccines and compare their pros and cons in aquatic animals

                      • 11. 20 November - 26 November

                        Cell culture and their application in aquatic animal health & disease research. Aquatic animal breeding & gene modify animal (triploid) in aquaculture.

                        • 12. 27 November - 3 December

                          Practice course: DNA copy number quantification and use QuantStudio system as an example to generate a standard curve.

                          • 13. 4 December - 10 December

                            The application of additives and herbal medicine additives in aquaculture for aquatic animal health.

                            Practice: calculate & make a medical or herbal powder mixed feed.


                            • 14. 11 December - 17 December

                              Gene editing (siRNA & microRNA) and fluorescent fish technique.

                              Transcriptome, RNA seq & eDNA (big data) in aquatic animal health.

                              • 15. 18 December - 24 December

                                Practice course: Experimental design for comparing and calculating the gene expression levels (absolute expression and 2–∆∆Ct method)

                                • 16. 25 December - 31 December

                                  Practice: comparing survival probability and survival rate.

                                  • 17. 1 January - 7 January

                                    The top dilemma & mystery of aquaculture: the development of shrimp disease, eel reproduction and tuna culture research. (Holiday)

                                    • 18. 8 January - 14 January

                                      Final term examination