COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYL 5091 MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PELIN BALÇIK ERÇIN

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

This course aims to teach essential molecular cell biology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The graduate is able to define the transcription and post-transcriptional regulation.
2   The graduate is able to define the DNA, RNA and protein processing.
3   The graduate will learn the details of membrane structure and membrane proteins importance
4   The graduate is able to define cytoskeleton

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 Introduction to molecular cell biology
2 2 General structural properties of chromosomes
3 3 Gene expression
4 4 Regulation of gene expression
5 5 Post-transcriptional regulation
6 6 Translation
7 7 Post-translational regulation
8 8 Mid-term exam
9 9 Cytoskeleton-I
10 10 Cytoskeleton-II
11 11 Cell membrane
12 12 Membrane proteins
13 13 Membrane proteins role in signal transduction
14 14 Literature presentation and discussion
15 15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Molecular Cell Biology. Lodish, H. et al. 5th ed. 2004. W.H. Freeman and Company.
2- Molecular Biology of the Cell. Alberts, B. et al. 5th ed. 2022 Garland Science.

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 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 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

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 and homework delivery 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

The 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 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 2 14 28
Preparation for final exam 2 14 28
Preparing assignments 14 3 42
Preparing presentations 12 3 36
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 224

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.1435324532454
LO.2223543224
LO.35543234455
LO.425432245533

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