Study Programmes 2015-2016
BIOL2010-1  
Cellular biology
Duration :
24h Th
Number of credits :
Bachelor in bioengineering2
Lecturer :
Daniel Portetelle
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
. 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.
Learning outcomes of the course :
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Basics in biology and general chemistry
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Lectures : 24h
Recommended or required readings :
PETIT J-M et al, Mini-Manuel de Biologie cellulaire, 3°ed, 2013, 227 pages.
THIRY M et al, Biologie cellulaire - exercices et méthodes - fiches de synthèse, 1e ed., 2014, 352 pages.
PowerPoint available on line.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written examination (100%): multiple-choice questions
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Portetelle, Daniel (Professeur ordinaire - Chef de service) Microbiologie et Génomique 081 62 23 54 daniel.portetelle@ulg.ac.be
Items online :
Notes on line
PowerPoint on line on ecampus. QCM on line on ecampus.