Toxicity of nanoparticles depends on many factors including size, shape, chemical composition, surface area and surface charge. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are likely to enter the aquatic ecosystems because of their multiple applications and pose a health concern for humans and aquatic species. Therefore, we used a freshwater snail Lymnaea luteola L (L. luteola) to investigate the acute toxicity and genotoxicity of AgNPs in a static-renewal system for 96 h. AgNPs caused molluscicidal activity in L. luteola, with 96 h median lethal concentrations (LC50) (48.10 mu g L-1).
Title: Research Project (Code: MBio 499)
During this course the student conduct an original research project by selecting a research problem; plan
and design research experiments and conduct the same independently and as a part of a research group.
Learn to do scientific literature search by referring research periodicals. Preparation and presentation of
research project report
Graduate level overview of techniques for platform, poster and written scientific presentations.
title: Scientific communication (Code: MBio 490)
Emphasis will be on oral presentation delivery, proposal development, content organization and
audience perspective They will also learn to reflect on critical selection and evaluation, and learn how to
use and refer to sources in a scientific context. Basic computer and web skills. Writing scientific texts
can be viewed as a process as well as a final product and the participants will be introduced to a
