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 4122 CELL CYCLE AND APOPTOSIS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Biology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PELIN BALÇIK ERÇIN

Offered to

Biology

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

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 VZ Vize
2 FN Final
3 BNS BNS VZ * 0.40 + FN * 0.60
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Öğrenci ara sınav ve yarıyıl sonu sınavında sorulacak sorular ile değerlendirilecektir.

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 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

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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