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Study programmes 2008-2009Last update : 29/06/2009
BIOL0203-1  Introduction to cell biology
Duration :  20h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Bio-informatics and Modelling, Research focus, 1st yearToute l'année2
Holder(s) :  Marc Thiry
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  First part : The structural basis of the life
1. The chemical composition of the living creatures
2. The structure of the living creatures
3. The cell periphery
4. The cell nucleus
5. the endoplasmic reticulum
6. The Golgi apparatus
7. The lysosomes
8. The peroxysomes
9. The mitochondria
10.The Chloroplasts
11.The cell filaments
12.Comparison between the procaryotic cell and the eucaryotic cell
Second Part : The life continuity
13.The cell multiplication
14.The reproduction of organisms
Course objective :  This course of " introduction of cell biology" will be devoted to the study of the structure and the functions of the cell, common denominator of the life matter. The modalities of cell multiplication and reproduction will be also examined.
Prerequisites :  You have to know the french language
Organization :  The theoretical courses will be given in the first quadrimester, the Thursday at 8h30 until 10h30 in the amphitheatre 300 (building B7a)
Written notes :  Reference books :
- Biologie générale. P. Van Gansen Ed. Masson
- Biologie cellulaire. M. Maillet. Ed. Masson
- Biologie et physiologie cellulaires. A. Berkaloff et al. Ed. Hermann
- Une visite de la cellule vivante. Ch. De Duve. Ed. De Boeck
Assessment :  An written exam, about all the content (theorety and practice), is organized in the beginning of January. The students who have more or equal than 10/20 have to present oral exam about only the chapters 13 and 14; the students who have less than 10/20 have to present oral exam about all the teaching content
Contacts :  Thiry Marc
Laboratory of cell biology
Institut A. Swaen (Building L3) 20, rue de pitteurs, 4020 Liège or Center of Cell and molecular Neurobiology, CHU (Building B36), firth floor of pharmacy tower, Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège


Phone number : 32 4 3665166
E-mail : mthiry@ulg.ac.be


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