COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE BASIC OF CANCER TECHNOLOGIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRO 5004 THE BASIC OF CANCER TECHNOLOGIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Translational Oncology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YASEMIN BAŞBINAR

Offered to

Translational Oncology
Translational Oncology

Course Objective

Course Objective fundamental and newly developed technologies in preclinical and clinical cancer research will be discussed. In this Course; cancer biomarker technologies, in vivo imaging technologies, drug development technologies, immune modulation technologies, stem cell technology, recombinant protein technology, sampling in clinical research, microfluidic systems, bioinformatics and modeling technologies in cancer research, will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowledgeable about biomarkers in cancer research.
2   Acquire knowledge of biomarker methods and technologies in cancer research
3   Be able to know recombinant protein technology.
4   Be able to critically evaluate the published literature in the field of the drug development, immune modulation, stem cell technology
5   Be able to know the sampling in a clinical trial
6   Be able to know microfluidic systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Explanation of the course and concepts
2 Cancer biomarker technologies 1
3 Cancer biomarker technologies 2
4 in vivo imaging technologies
5 Drug development technologies 1
6 Drug development technologies 2
7 Immune modulation technologies 1
8 Immune modulation technologies 2
9 Stem cell technologies 1
10 Stem cell technologies 2
11 Recombinant protein technologies 1
12 Recombinant protein technologies 2
13 Sampling technologies in clinical research
14 Microfluidic systems
15 Bioinformatics and modeling in cancer research

Recomended or Required Reading

Molecular Biology of the Cell, 6th Edition. Ed. Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter. Garland Publishers
Essential Cell Biology - 4th Edition Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Karen Hopkin, Alexander D Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter Garland Publishers
The Biology of Cancer, 2nd Edition, Robert A. Weinberg, Garland Publishers
Molecular Biology of the Gene, 7th edition, James Watson, Alexander Gann, Tania Baker, Michael Levine, Stephan Bell, Richard Losick, Stephan Harrison Pearson Cold Spring harbor Laboratory Press.
Principles of Molecular Diagnostics and Personalized Cancer Medicine, Dongfeng Tan, henry Lynch, Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins.
The Handbook of Biomarkers, Kewal Jain, Humana Press
Translational and Experimental Clinical Research, Daniel Schuster, William Powers, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, the topics with classroom activities (presentations and homework assignments) to consolidate and discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 +RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will clearly define outlined LO1,LO3, LO5, which will evaluate with exam.
2. The learner will recognize, LO2, LO2, LO6 will evaluate with homework, prepared presentations by themselves and exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yasemin.baskin@deu.edu.tr ; 0 232 412 58 01

Office Hours

Thursday 10:00-11:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 3 45
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 5 4 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1555555
LO.2555555
LO.35555555
LO.455555555
LO.555555555
LO.655555555

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