COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENE AND GENETIC APPLICATIONS IN MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MOT 5024 GENE AND GENETIC APPLICATIONS IN MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Molecular Medicine

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR YASEMIN SOYSAL

Offered to

Molecular Medicine
Molecular Medicine

Course Objective

Knowledge about the gene structure has priority in the field of people who are working on genetics. First purpose of this course is to understand gene structure and its regulation in the genome. Second, to learn the principles of genetics methods used in diagnosis, why, where and how will they be used.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning basic structures of genome, DNA, RNA, transcription, translation
2   To become knowledgeable about gene structure, regulatory elements of the gene
3   Understanding the fundamentals of common molecular techniques in molecular genetics
4   Gain knowledge about genetics tests used in clinical diagnosis
5   Understanding the fundamentals of genetics tests used in cancer and DNA based tissue typing

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Genome structure
2 Chromosome structure and research
3 Genetic code, Regulation
4 Cells and development
5 Genetic manipulations of cells and animals
6 Nucleic acid extraction methods, resolution and detection of nucleic acids
7 Analysis and characterization of nucleic acids and proteins, Nucleic acid amplification
8 Detection of gene mutations, Detection of DNA polymorphisms
9 DNA sequencing methods
10 Molecular detection of inherited diseases
11 Molecular basis of neoplasms
12 Quality assurance and quality control in the molecular Laboratory

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Molecular Diagnostics: Fundamentals, Methods and Clinical Applications. Lela Buckingham, 2nd Ed, 2012,F.A.Davis Company, Philadelphia, ISBN 13:978-0-8036-2677-5
2. Thompso&Thompson Genetics in Medicine, Elsevier Publishing
3. Renkli Genetik Atlası, Eberhard Passarge: Çevirenler: Güven Lüleci, Özgür Alper,Meral Sakızlı
4. Genetik Kavramlar, Clug and Cummings: Çeviren: Cihan Öner
5. Tıbbi Genetiğin Esasları, Tobias, Connor, Fergusson-Smith 6. Baskı,Çeviri Editörü: Uğur Özbek,Istanbul Tıp Kitabevi, 2014
6. Moleküler Biyolojide Kullanılan Yöntemler, Güler Temizkan, Nazlı Arda, Nobel Tıp Kitabevi, 2004, 2. Baskı
7. Molecular Biology of the Gene, 6th Ed. Watson, Baker, Bell, Gann, Levine, Losick, CSHL Press,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be run in an integrated way-winding theory. The methods of learning will be interactive.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The student is expected to read the resources before coming to class

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Yasemin Soysal, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Molecular Medicine,
Health Science Institute
Dokuz Eylul University
35340 Inciralti/Izmir Turkey
Office: 0090 232 4126905

Office Hours

To be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 131

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.2555553433214
LO.3555444344434
LO.4555535433424
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