Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Stem Cell Biology | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 20h Th | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Renaud Vandenbosch | ||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | ||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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Course contents :
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| 1) Introduction
2) Pluripotent Stem Cells 3) Molecular basis of pluripotency 4) IPS and Reprogrammation 5) Adult Stem Cells 6) Stem Cells and Cancer |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The Stem Cell Biology Course is intented to provide students with the basic knowledge and concepts necessary to understand any scientific fields related to Stem cells, but also to encourage them to think critically about the new data of the literature, an essential skill for future biomedical researchers.
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| General Biology BIOL0310-1, General Histology HISL0320-7, Molecular Biology BIOL0421-1, Principles of normal and pathological cellular regulation BIOC0006-1 | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lectures | ||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| face to face | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam | ||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Renaud Vandenbosch, PhD, F.R.S.-FNRS Postdoctoral Researcher, Adjunct Lecturer, GIGA-Neurosciences, Avenue de l'Hôpital, 1, Bât. B36 (Tour de pharmacie) +1 4000 Liège, Belgium,Tel.: +32 4 366.59.52. e-mail: rvandenbosch@ulg.ac.be | ||||||||