Course Identification

Title:

Biology module: Basic techniques in cell biology

Code:

20206282

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Sabina Winograd-Katz, Dr. Ziv Porat, Dr. Hilah Gal

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2020

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

19-23 of July, 2020: 19-Zoom 20 or 21 FGS, Lab 22-23 Zoom, FGS, Lab

First Lecture:

19/07/2020

End date:

23/07/2020

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Science Teaching (non thesis MSc Track): Laboratory; Obligatory; Regular; 1.00 points

Comments

19-23 of July, 2020:
19-Zoom
20 or 21 FGS, Lab
22-23 Zoom

Prerequisites

Cell biology course

Restrictions

Participants:

20

Other:

For students in the Rothschild-Weizmann program only

Language of Instruction

Hebrew

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Pass / Fail

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

50%

Assignments:

30%

Seminar:

20%

Evaluation Type

Laboratory

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

This course will offer basic experience in specific aspects of cell biology. We will use mammalian tissue culture to study different aspects of cell transformation by oncogenes. Both lectures and hands-on practice will be offered.

We will compare the effect of several drugs on cell cycle cytoskeleton in normal and transformed cells. We will study the changes in the cytoskeleton and cell morphology resulting from the cancer transformation process. We will assess the effect of several cytoskeletal-perturbing drugs on the morphology and motility behavior of the cells.

Several methodologies will be employed including methods for the assessment of cell growth, FACS, immunostaining, and phase and fluorescent microscopy.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

Demonstrate understanding of the cell transformation from normal to cancerous.
Demonstrate knowledge about cell cytoskeleton and cell adhesion.
Describe methods of visualization and analysis of cell adhesion, migration and cell cycle.
Explain how to analyze data from microscopic, FACS and other sources.

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A