Duration
15h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Methods in vivo and in vitro concerning gastrointestinal tract brings to 2nd year students in Biomedical Sciences Master some practical information regarding the experimental study of the gastrointestinal tract.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Main aims of the teaching can be:
- Gastric cell models
- Pancreatic cell models
- Intestinal cell models
- Measure of digestive motility
- Enzymatic assays in the GIT: methods, interpretation and applications
- In vivo methods for macromolecular intestinal permeability assays
- Ex vivo and in vitro methods for macromolecular intestinal permeability assays
- Analysis of intestinal integrity
- Analysis of colic flora
The topics will be defined regarding student interests.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
General Biochemistry and General Physiology
Biology of the gastrointestinal tract and nutrition
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
to be defined regarding the number of students.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Recommended or required readings
None
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Olivier Peulen
Metastasis Research Laboratory
CHU - Tour de Pathologie B23
Tél: 04/366.37.92
E-mail: Olivier.Peulen@ulg.ac.be