Course Identification

Title:

Discovery Milestones in Cell Biology

Code:

20263101

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Sarah Margarethe Hassdenteufel

TA's:

Dunya Edilbi

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2026

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

10:00 - 12:00, Benoziyo, room 690

First Lecture:

17/11/2025

End date:

19/01/2026

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Life Sciences: Lecture; 2.00 points

Comments

The lectures are pre-recorded (https://www.ibiology.org/online-biology-courses/cell-biology-flipped-course/). 9 out of the 13 weeks of semester, the students will watch a recorded lecture and have a short assignment. In addition, there will be 3 frontal sessions for tutorials and discussion, and two take-home exams (one in the middle of the course and one at the end).

1) 17.11.25 10-12 at Benoziyo room 690C
2) 15.12.25 10-12 at Benoziyo room 690C
Mid Term Exam to be submitted by email by 22.12.25
3) 19.01.26 10-12 at Benoziyo room 690C

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

20

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

15%

Assignments:

15%

Interim:

35%

Final:

35%

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

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

09/02/2026

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 understanding of fundamental cell biology topics and principles, and the key discoveries which shaped the field.

Reading List

Reading material will be given out during the course.

Website

N/A