2020-2021 / SBIM1491-1

Virology part I

Duration

7h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in biomedicine2 crédits 

Lecturer

Nathalie Jacobs

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course is an overview on virus diversity in term of morphology and genetic materials. The different type of infection and viral infection transmissions are also addressed as well as methods of virus detection and production. The illustrative examples are principally virus involved in human pathologies or virus studied in ULiège research laboratories.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To enable the student to understand and explain:

  • Virus molecular and morphologic characteristics,
  • Virus infection and transmission between hosts
  • Methods of virus detection, identification and production

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

General biology course

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

The course is divided in 4 face-to-face lectures.
Slide presentation is available on "eCampus" portal after the lecture.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

see the section in French

Recommended or required readings

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Written exam (multiple-choice questionnaire and open questions), possibility of a written and oral examination in 2nd session

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Questions related to the course must be posted on the forum of "eCampus" portal.

Contacts

Nathalie Jacobs Cellular and Molecular Immunologyl-Virology, CHU B34 + 5, Phone: +32(0)43662420 n.jacobs@uliege.be www.giga.ulg.ac.be/lcmi