Course Identification

Title:

Stem cells and tissues disease

Code:

20243562

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Moshe Biton

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2024

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Sunday, 09:15 - 11:00, WSoS, Rm C

First Lecture:

07/04/2024

End date:

07/07/2024

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Life Sciences: Seminar; Elective; Regular; 2.00 points

Comments

Hybrid course

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

25

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Required in at least 80% of the lectures

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

50%

Seminar:

50%

A seminar by students

Evaluation Type

Seminar

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

This seminar will follow adult tissue stem cells and their role in maintaining tissue homeostasis.

Each week we will focus on specific tissues - mainly the gut, lung, and skin, in which adult stem cells are well studied.

Week 1: introduction of the course by Dr. Moshe Biton and assignment of students to recent stem cell - tissue outcome papers, which will be presented by the students.

Week 2-14: Presentation of two students per week, starting from intestinal stem cells discovery to other tissue stem cells and their role in tissue formation, regeneration, and diseases.

Learning Outcomes

This course will add more layers to our understanding of tissue maintenance and how the tissue stem cells play a role in homeostasis and different diseases such as inflammation and cancer. This course will deal mostly with adult stem cells.

Reading List

N/A

Website

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