Duration
44h Pr, 16h Labo., 8h Proj.
Number of credits
| Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Engineering | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This laboratory project touches upon the different aspects of experimental research in the field of biomedical engineering (simulations, measurements, in vitro and in vivo work, ethical committee). These differents aspects will be studied by means of smaller sub-projects:
- Genetics : practical work in bacterial genetics
- Electrophysiology : Registration of an action potential in worms.
- Animal Ethics : Overview and discussion
- Experimental data acquisition and analysis: Thomas Desaive
- 5th project to be determined
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, the students will have acquired an overview of methods and experimental techniques used in biology. They will be capable of appreciating experimental work in biology and they will have the ability to process biological data.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- GBIO0002-1: Genetics and molecular biology
- GBIO0020-1: Physiologie
- GBIO0005-1: Introduction to neurosciences
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course will consist of ex-cathedra presentations, different biological laboratory projects and data processing involving Matlab.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
none
Assessment methods and criteria
Detailed individual reports (in the style of scientific publications) on each of the different topics (75%).
Oral exam discussing the lab reports in june and september (25%).
Detailed modalities:
- Compulsory attendance to each of the laboratories
- Detailed report (style scientific publication) of each of the laboratories (20% per lab).
- Maximum of 7 pages, arial 12, line spacing single, 2-3 figures. Additional specifications will be given for each of the laboratories.
- Send in the reports maximally 15 days after the laboratory has ended in electronic version (pdf) to Liesbet Geris and Thomas Desaive.
- Oral exam on the rapports and concepts of the laboratories in June and September
- A missing report = 2nd exam period
- Plagiarism = 2nd exam period
- Possibility to redo the reports (not the laboratories themselves) for the 2nd exam period
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course will take place mostly in the 2nd quadrimester, with the possibility of one project already taking place in Q1. For each laboratory a time slot will be determined based on the availability of the laboratory, the supervisors (of the faculty of Medicine) and the students.
Contacts
Liesbet Geris(E.Bullinger@ulg.ac.be
B52/3, +2.549
tel: +32 4 366 9587
)Liesbet.Geris (at) ulg.ac.be(Liesbet.geris@ulg.ac.be
)
Thomas Desaive
tel: +32 4 366 3733
tdesaive (à@ulg.ac.be(tdesaive@ulg.ac.be)
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
All hands-on laboratory projects have been cancelled.
- Genetics /biochemistry : cancelled
- Electrophysiology : Registration of an action potential in worms - registrations, explanation and questions provided via eCampus.
- Muscle contraction: registration of muscle contraction - registrations, explanation and questions provided via eCampus.
- Animal Ethics : Introduction session via lifesize. Presentations via lifesize .
- Physiological data acquisition and analysis: Spirometry and plethysmography - registration of a spirometry, data analysis via Matlab explanation and questions provided via eCampus.
- Cell culture & image analysis: context, data, image analysis instructions are all provided via eCampus
Assessment subjects
No changes.
Assessment methods
Ethics presentation via Lifesize separately. Exam (discussion other reports) via Lifesize with format described above.