Course Identification
Biology module: Cell biology and cancer
Lecturers and Teaching Assistants
Course Schedule and Location
Second Semester
Tuesday, 12:45 - 14:15, science teaching lab 2
04/03/2025
Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points
Science Teaching (non thesis MSc Track): Lecture; Obligatory; Regular; 2.00 points
Restrictions
For students in the Rothschild-Weizmann program only
Attendance and participation
Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)
Syllabus
Methodologies of Studying Cells |
The dynamic nature of the cytoskeleton and its function |
Cell division |
Cell adhesion and cell migration |
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Challenges in teaching the cellular level |
DNA damage |
DNA repair mechanisms |
Oncogenes and cancer inhibitor genes |
Immunotherapy and the tumor immune microenvironment |
Public understanding of cancer and teaching cancer |
Learning Outcomes
Students will have the ability to think of the cell as a functional unit and understand the mechanisms underlie its proper function (and what happens when these are disrupted).