Study Programmes 2016-2017
WARNING : 2015-2016 version of the course specifications
BIOL0320-2  
Molecular Biology
Duration :
30h Th
Number of credits :
Bachelor in pharmacy4
Lecturer :
Franck Dequiedt
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
The course on Molecular biology will allow to the students to discover the basic mechanisms that gover gene expression and regulation
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
Allow an understanding of DNA replication, gene transcription, translation and targeting of cellular proteins. This course will also allow to the students to understand important differences between pro- and eukaryotes. On some occasion, we will discover how pharmacological agents can influence gene expression.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Pré-requis: Biologie 2
Co-requis: General Biochemistry
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
No praticals
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
face-to-Face
Recommended or required readings :
Text books are Genes X by B. Lewin (Ed. Jones & Bartlett, USA) and Molecular Biology of the gene by James Watson et al. (Ed. Pearson Education). A CDRom with all the figures shown during the course will be distributed at the first lesson.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written examination
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Student identification card will be mandatory to obtain the access to the written examination. In case of non presentation of the card, acces to the examination will be denied.
Contacts :
J. Piette 04 366 2442, jpiette@ulg.ac.be
Items online :
Chapter I : Nucleic acids
Structures and properties of nucleic acid molecules
Chapter II - Organisation of the genetic materials
Organistion of the genetic materials
Chapter III - Replication
Principles and molecular mechanisms of replication
Capter IV - Mutations, recombinaison, repair
DNA mutations, recombinaison and repair
Chapter V - The various types of RNA molecules
details of the various coding and non-coding RNA molecules
Chapter VI - Transcription
transcription in procaryotes and eukaryotes
Chapter VII - Translation
Translation and genetic code
Introduction
Introduction