Prerequisites: Prior knowledge of experimental statistics (ANOVA and basic experimental designs) and basic familiarity with R.

Format: Online.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Pedro Ivo Vieira Good God.

Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 to 10:00 (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Reproducible data analysis in R.
2. Organization, exploration and visualization of experimental data.
3. Experimental planning and data structure.
4. Statistical inference based on estimation, effect sizes and resampling.
5. Linear models for designed experiments.
6. Introduction to generalized linear and linear mixed models.
7. Multivariate and predictive methods through applied case studies.
8. Communication and sharing of reproducible research..

Prerequisites: Students of biology and related fields; intermediate level of English.

Format: Online.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Maria Augusta Lima Siqueira.

Time: Tuesday and Friday from 2 pm to 4 pm (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Solitary and social insects;
2. Degrees of sociality
3. Communication, foraging and defense in social insects;
4. Caste determination;
5. Evolution of sociality.

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge on Plant Physiology.

Format: Online.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Ann Mounteer.

Time: Wednesday, from 8 am to 12 pm (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Introduction to biological processes.
2. Principles of biological treatment.
3. Biological process modelling.
4. Principle treatment techniques used in Brazil.
5. Biological process monitoring.

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of microbiology and/or an engineering background.

Format: Remote classes.

Language: English.

Lecturer: André Pereira Rosa.

Time: Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 3.

ECTS: 5.

Contents:

1. Fundamentals of anaerobic digestion.
2. Biomass in anaerobic systems.
3. Anaerobic technologies for liquid effluents and solid waste treatment.
4. Byproducts of anaerobic digestion and resource utilization.

Prerequisites: Basic statistics and genetics courses.

Format: Remote classes.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Guilherme da Silva Pereira.

Time: Tuesdays, from 10 am to 12 pm and Wednesdays, from 10 am to 12 pm. (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Introduction to genetic data analysis
2. Molecular markers
3. Mapping populations
4. Linkage map
5. QTL mapping
6. Genetic data analysis of outcrossing species
7. Genome-wide association studies
8. Genomic selection
9. Genetic data analysis of autopolyploid species

Format: In-person.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Márci José da Silva.

Time: Mondays and Wednesdays, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Bonding theories of coordination compounds (TLV, TCC, TOM).
2. Group Theory: An introduction to symmetry.
3. Relevant aspects of the Chemistry of Coordination Compounds; reactivity, characterization.
4. Isomerism in coordination compounds.
5. Main Reactions of Coordination Compounds.
6. Hard and soft acids and bases.

Format: Remote.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Teogenes Senna de Oliveira.

Time: Monday, from 8 to 10 am and Fridays, from 8 to 11 am (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 5.

ECTS: 8,5.

Contents:

1. The Natural environment of the Tropical soil mineralogy;
2. Tropical soil Physics;
3. Soil acidity;
4. Organic Carbon;
5. Soil Fertility;
6. Soil-surface and subsoil constraints in crop lands;
7. Soil management in rice cultivation;
8. Soils and slash-and-burn Agriculture;
9. Soil management in perennials and annuals crops;
10. Soils and livestock-based tropical systems;
11. Soils and tropical tree-based systems;
12. Soil-surface and subsoil constraints;
13. Natural reversion or not- reversion of the degradation;
14. Restoration of drastically altered soils – desertification, salinization, and natural and anthropogenic disasters.

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge on Plant Physiology.

Format: Hybrid (simultaneous in-person and remote classes).

Language: English.

Lecturer: José Maria Franco de Carvalho.

Time: Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 3.

ECTS: 5.

Contents:

1. Plant stress responses.
2. Metabolic adjustments and antioxidant metabolism.
3. Light stress and thermal stress.
4. Water stress and salinity.
5. Nutritional stress and resistance to trace metals.
6. Environmental pollution stress.

Format: Hybrid (simultaneous in-person and remote classes).

Language: English.

Lecturer: José Maria Franco de Carvalho.

Time: Wednesday, from 8 am to 12 am (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Science and Technology of Building Materials
2. Bonding
3. The Architecture of Solids
4. Development of Microstructure
5. Surface Properties
6. Response of Materials to Stress
7. Failure and Fracture
8. Rheology of Fluids and Solids
9. Particulate Composites
10. Aggregates
11. Portland Cement-based Composites
12. Organic Binders-Based Composites
13. Advanced Characterization Techniques.

Format: Hybrid (simultaneous in-person and remote classes)..

Language: English.

Lecturer: José Maria Franco de Carvalho.

Time: Thursday, from 8 am to 10 am (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 2.

ECTS: 4.

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Technology Entrepreneurship in Engineering
3. Considerations on Viability
4. Design and Testing of Sustainable Materials and Products
5. Start-Up Exploration and Incubation.

Format: In-person.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Leandro Licursi de Oliveira.

Time: Tuesday, from 8 am to 12 am (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Cells and tissues of the immune system;
2. Basic protocols in immunology;
3. The MHC;
4. The T cell;
5. Cellular immune response;
6. Mechanisms of cellular immunity;
7. Immunology and disease;
8. Highlight in immunology.

Format: In-person.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Kaio Olimpio das Gracas Dias.

Time: To be defined.

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. “High-throughput genotyping.
2. Covariance between relatives.
3. Introduction to linear mixed models.
4. Optimized experimental designs.
5. Analysis for individual environments.
6. Analysis for multiple environments.
7. Multivariate models.
8. Prediction of unevaluated single hybrids.
9. Use of environmental variables for predicting genetic values.
10. Associative mapping.
11. Simulation in plant breeding.
12. Genetics of polyploid species.

Format: In-person.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Edgard Augusto de Toledo Picoli; Mariana Maciel Monteiro.

Time: Mondays, from 11 am to 12 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 5.

ECTS: 9.

Contents:

1. Light microscopy and electron microscopy
2. Plant cells and tissues
3. Organization of the plant body

Prerequisites: Intermediate level of calculus, physics, transport phenomena, heat transfer and fluid mecanics..

Format: In-person.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Marcio Arêdes Martins.

Time: To be defined.

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Computational implementation of the conservation laws.
2. Discretization and solution of conservation laws.
3. Solution of coupled and conjugate problems.

Format: In-person.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Simon Luke Elliot.

Time: To be defined.

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Insect-Microbe Interactions (What is symbiosis? Parasitism and mutualism as a continuum | Modes of transmission of symbionts | Theory on evolution of virulence | Types of parasitism: castration, gigantism etc, host manipulation | Immune defence | Insects as vectors: plants versus animals and vectors as hosts | Types of mutualism | An overview of applications (microbial control and biotechnology))
2. Insect-Virus Interactions (Baculoviruses and other occluded viruses | Arthropod vectors of plant viruses | Arthropod vectors of animal viruses | Mutualistic or nonpathogenic viruses (or their remnants))
3. Insect-Prokaryote Interactions (Bacillus thuringiensis | Other bacilli and other bacterial pathogens | Wolbachia and other sex ratio distorters | Bacteria as defensive and trophic mutualists | Insects as vectors of prokaryotes)
4. Insect-Protist Interactions (Protists as pathogens and trophic mutualists)
5. Insect-Fungus Interactions (Entomophthoraceae – obliged to kill | Hypocrealean pathogens | Trophic mutualisms and fungiculture | Insects, endophytes and phytopathogenic fungi | Microsporidia)
6. Insect-nematode interactions (Nematode parasites of insects | Nematode pathogens with bacterial mutualisms)
7. Extensions (The insect microbiome and food webs | Production of entomopathogens | Biotechnological applications | Management of vectorborne diseases | Diseases of beneficial insects)

Format: In-person.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Aluízio Borém de Oliveira and Rodrigo Oliveira de Lima.

Time: Monday through Friday, from 8:00 to 9:00 AM (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 3.

ECTS: 5.

Contents:

1. The Importance and Objectives of Plant Breeding
2. Reproductive Systems in Cultivated Plants
3. Plant Introduction
4. Germplasm Banks
5. Types of Varieties
6. Parent Selection
7. Population Development by Hybridization
8. Plant Breeding Methods for Autogamous, Allogamous, and Asexually Propagated Plants
9. Breeding for Disease Resistance
10. Mutagenesis in Plant Breeding
11. Seed Certification

Format: In-person.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Vladimir Oliveira Di Iorio.

Time: Tuesdays, from 8 am to 9:50 am and from 10 am to 11:50 am. (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Elements of an algorithmic language.
2. Basic language commands.
3. Algorithms vs. programs.
4. Structured data types.
5. Subprograms.
6. Basic programming techniques.

Format: In-person.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Caio Roberto Soares Bragança; Antônio Galvão do Nascimento; Wendel Batista da Silveira.

Time: Tuesdays and Fridays, from 10 am to 12 pm (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Microbial cell structures and functions
2. Composition, organization, and physiology of microbial cells
3. Nutrient transport and protein secretion
4. Growth of microbial populations
5. Thermodynamics and energy conservation in biological systems
6. Introduction to cellular bioenergetics
7. Electron transport
8. Bioenergetics in the cytosol
9. Classification of microbial metabolism
10. Central metabolic pathways
11. Flux in central metabolic pathways
12. Fermentation
13. Autotrophy
14. Mineral nutrition
15. Monomer biosynthesis
16. Polymer biosynthesis
17. Growth yield
18. Regulation of metabolic reactions
19. Multigene networks and global regulation systems
20. Nutrient limitation responses and growth rate effects on cellular physiology
21. Environmental adaptive responses
22. Cellular communication and biofilms
23. Cellular differentiation and morphogenesis

Format: In-person.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Juliana Farias de Novaes.

Time: Tuesdays, from 8 am to 12 pm (GMT-3).

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Overview of Nutritional Epidemiology
2. Sources of error in food consumption evaluation: systematic and aleatory errors
3. Development of the Food Frequency Questionnaire
4. Minimizing errors in measuring dietary intake
5. Implications of total energy intake for epidemiological analysis
6. Evaluation and control of underreporting of energy intake in epidemiological studies
7. Surrogate source of dietary information
8. Assessment of dietary patterns
9. Use of biochemical markers to assess food intake
10. Dietary Guidelines for populations
11. Presentation of scientific articles elaborated in the Course of Nutritional Epidemiology

Format: In-person.

Language: English.

Lecturer: Taíla Veloso de Oliveira.

Time: To be definde.

UFV Credits: 4.

ECTS: 7,5.

Contents:

1. Teoric Unity
2. Polymer Science
3. Sustainable Polymers
4. Other conventional Materials
5. Active, Smart and Intelligent Materials