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| BIOL2010-1 | Cellular biology
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| Duration : | 24h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Daniel Portetelle |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| . Molecular basis of the living world
. Cellular organizations and functions; eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
. Tools of cell biology including new approaches
. Storage and expression of genetic information
. The eukaryotic cell cycle : phases, stages of mitosis, meiosis and fertilization, regulators of cell cycle progression, cytoskeleton and cellular motility, programmed cell death, ageing and cancer
. Cellular membranes systems : biogenesis, traffic and functions, protein sorting and transport, bioenergetics, mitochondrie, chloroplasts and internal organization of the nucleus
. Reception and transduction of environmental information
. Cellular interactions and the extracellular matrix: from cell to tissue and organs
. Within the limits of living cells : viruses, plasmids, viroïds and prions. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The cell biology is the base of the life chain : To understand how cells work and divide, we need to know a good deal about the identities and structures of molecules, how they fit together and what they do.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- understand and utilize cellular biology basic vocabulary
- discover unicellular and pluricellular living being. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Basics in biology and general chemistry |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 24h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| CALLEN, J.C., Biologie cellulaire, Dunod, Paris, 2005, 500 pages (in French) |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written examination (100%) |
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Contacts :
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| Portetelle, Daniel (Professeur ordinaire - Chef de service)
Biologie animale et microbienne
081 62 23 54
daniel.portetelle@ulg.ac.be |
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