Study Programmes 2016-2017
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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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Learning unit 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 learning unit :
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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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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, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Adjunct Lecturer. GIGA-Neurosciences, Bât. B36 (Tour de pharmacie) +1 Tel.: +32 4 366.59.52. e-mail: rvandenbosch@ulg.ac.be |
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