Course code: BIO-3313
Microbial and molecular genetics I
Campus
Semester / Year
Spring 2009
Credits
10
NOTE! This course belongs to a previous semester/year
BIO-3313
Microbial and molecular genetics I
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10
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The course is administrated by
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
Type of course
This course can be taken as a singular course.
This course can be taken as a singular course.
Obligatory Prerequisites
BIO-1001 Cell and molecular biology
Recommended prerequisites
BIO-2300 Biochemistry, BIO-2302 Molecular cellbiology, BIO-2601 General microbiology
BIO-2300 Biochemistry, BIO-2302 Molecular cellbiology, BIO-2601 General microbiology
Course contents
The course aims to yield detailed information about the construction of genetic material and about how it is used in vivo. Prokaryote organisms will be used as a point of departure and the following will subsequently be dealt with: DNA structure, replication, chromosome segregation, cell division, mutations, repair, recombination, transposons, transcription and translation. Students are expected to understand how molecular genetic processes are applied in methods of gene technology. The course will include a practical assignment to be completed and analysed. The assignment should conclude with a report that presents and evaluates the analysis of the result. The course will also include a compulsory literature study to be presented in writing and discussed group-wise. Both reports need to be approved (alphabetical grades A-F) prior to exam.
The course aims to yield detailed information about the construction of genetic material and about how it is used in vivo. Prokaryote organisms will be used as a point of departure and the following will subsequently be dealt with: DNA structure, replication, chromosome segregation, cell division, mutations, repair, recombination, transposons, transcription and translation. Students are expected to understand how molecular genetic processes are applied in methods of gene technology. The course will include a practical assignment to be completed and analysed. The assignment should conclude with a report that presents and evaluates the analysis of the result. The course will also include a compulsory literature study to be presented in writing and discussed group-wise. Both reports need to be approved (alphabetical grades A-F) prior to exam.
Objective of the course
The course should provide detailed knowledge about the structure of genetic matter and about how it is used in vivo, also about smaller genetic units, such as bacteriophages, plasmids and transposons. The student should develop an understanding as to how molecule energy processes are applied in gene technology.
The course should provide detailed knowledge about the structure of genetic matter and about how it is used in vivo, also about smaller genetic units, such as bacteriophages, plasmids and transposons. The student should develop an understanding as to how molecule energy processes are applied in gene technology.
Language of instruction and examination
English
English
Teaching methods
Lectures, student colloquia and lab work will take place in the traditional way. The students are expected to write a compulsory literature assignment that will be discussed and evaluated in groups There will also be seminars and poster presentations to stimulate academic discussion; lectures: 32 hrs; lab work: 40 hrs; colloquia and other forms of teaching; 32 hrs.
Lectures, student colloquia and lab work will take place in the traditional way. The students are expected to write a compulsory literature assignment that will be discussed and evaluated in groups There will also be seminars and poster presentations to stimulate academic discussion; lectures: 32 hrs; lab work: 40 hrs; colloquia and other forms of teaching; 32 hrs.
Assessment methods
Written exam (3 hours) Grade type: alphabetical grades (A-F)
Written exam (3 hours) Grade type: alphabetical grades (A-F)
Course overlap
BIO-351 Microbial and molecular genetics I 10
BIO-351 Microbial and molecular genetics I 10
Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request
Available on request
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