Course Identification

Title:

Discovery Milestones in Cell Biology

Code:

20243381

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Emma Fenech

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2024

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

N/A

First Lecture:

12/12/2023

End date:

27/02/2024

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Life Sciences: Lecture; 2.00 points
Life Sciences (ExCLS Track): Elective; 2.00 points

Comments

The lectures are pre-recorded (https://www.ibiology.org/online-biology-courses/cell-biology-flipped-course/)

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

20

Language of Instruction

English

Registration by

Registration By:01/10/2023

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

15%

Assignments:

15%

Interim:

35%

Final:

35%

9 short weekly assignments and 2 take-home assignments (interim and final)

Evaluation Type

Take-home exam

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

2

Syllabus

1 - Origins of life

2 - Organization of the cytoplasm

3 - G-proteins

4 - Vesicle trafficking

5 - Cell motility

6 - Cytoskeletal motor proteins

7 - Cell division

8 - Protein kinases

9 - Cell cycle

Learning Outcomes

To gain a strong foundation in fundamental cell biology topics and principles, and the discoveries which shaped our mechanistic understanding of the associated processes.

Reading List

Reading material will be given out during the course.

Website

N/A