Course Identification

Biology module: Cell biology and cancer
20236122

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Dr. Michal Haskel Ittah, Dr. Sabina Winograd-Katz, Prof. Alexander Bershadsky, Prof. Zvi Livneh, Prof. Moshe Oren, Dr. Leeat Yankielowicz-Keren
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Course Schedule and Location

2023
Second Semester
Tuesday, 12:45 - 14:00, Musher, Lab 2
28/02/2023
11/07/2023

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

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

Comments

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Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

20
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 %)

10%
10%
80%
0

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

Methodologies of studying cells  
The dynamic nature of the cytoskeleton and its function 
Cell division 
Cell adhesion and cell migration 
Living bones - Processes of bone remodeling 
Challenges in teaching the cellular level 
DNA damage 
DNA repair mechanisms 
Oncogenes and cancer inhibitors 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). 

Reading List

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Website

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