COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CELL CYCLE AND APOPTOSIS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BIY 2716 CELL CYCLE AND APOPTOSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Biology (UOLP-Gence State University)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PELIN BALÇIK ERÇIN

Offered to

Biology (UOLP-Gence State University)

Course Objective

This course aims to teach cell cycle and mechanism of physiological cell death

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The graduate learns to the importance of cell cycle
2   The graduate is able to define cell cycle control mechanisms
3   The graduate is able to define cell cycle role in tumor formation
4   The graduate is able to define role of check points and tumor suppressors in cell cycle
5   The graduate learns mechanisms of apoptosis
6   The graduate learns role of apoptosis in cancer
7   The graduate learns extrinsic and intrinsic apoptotic pathways
8   The graduate learns experimental design for cell cycle and apoptosis determination
9   The graduate is able to define difference between apoptosis and necrosis

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. week Mechanisms of cell division in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
2 2. week Phases of cell cycle
3 3. week Cell cycle check points
4 4. week Cyclins, cyclin-dependent kinases and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors
5 5. week Model organisms for studying the cell cycle
6 6. week An introduction to cell death
7 7. week Genetic control of programmed cell death
8 8. week The properties of apoptosis and necrosis
9 9. week Review
10 10. week Literature presentation and discussion
11 11. week Literature presentation and discussion
12 12. week Apoptotic pathways: extrinsic and intrinsic
13 13. week Determination of cell cycle and apoptosis
14 14. week Cell cycle inhibitors

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Molecular Biology of the Cell- Bruce Albert ISBN: 9780815344643
2. Molecular Biology Cell Biology Harvey Lodish; Arnold Berk; Chris A. Kaiser; Monty Krieger; Anthony Bretscher; Hidde Ploegh; Kelsey C. Martin; Michael Yaffe; Angelika Amon ISBN: 9781464183393

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm exam and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

pelin.balcikercin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1333
LO.233
LO.3434
LO.43
LO.53
LO.643
LO.7
LO.854
LO.944

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