Course Identification

Title:

Biology Module: Cancer as a biological phenomenon

Code:

20216241

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Michal Haskel Ittah

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2021

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Tuesday, 12:30 - 14:45

First Lecture:

15/12/2020

End date:

09/02/2021

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Science Teaching (non thesis MSc Track): Lecture; Obligatory; Regular; 2.00 points

Comments

לתלמידי שני השנתונים

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

25

Other:

For students in the Rothschild-Weizmann program only

Language of Instruction

Hebrew

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

10%

Assignments:

10%

Final:

80%

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

Nobel Prizes conferred upon the pioneers of cancer research and the breakthrough they generated

DNA damage

Oncogenes and cancer inhibitors genes

Apoptosis and cancer

DNA repair mechanisms

Reprograming mechanisms in tumors local environments

Immunotherapy and the tumor immune microenvironment

Epigenetic regulation in cancer

Public understanding of cancer

Teaching and learning cancer related topics

Learning Outcomes

Understanding the mechanisms of cancer development

Understanding the endogenous mechanisms of cancer prevention

Understanding what is missing in public understanding of cancer and how to promote cancer understanding

Reading List

TBD

Website

N/A