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Medical and Molecular Biology DL (5466)
Coordinating lecturer:Prof. dr. Piet STINISSEN 
Member of the teaching team:Prof. dr. Bert OP 'T EIJNDE 
 Prof. dr. Bieke BROUX 
 Prof. dr. Elke CLYNEN 
 Prof. dr. ir. Liesbet PEETERS 
 dr. Lotte GEYS 
 Prof. dr. Marc HENDRIKX 
 Prof. dr. Markus KLEINEWIETFELD 
 Prof. dr. Pieter RUYTINX 
 dr. Wouter FRANSSEN 

Credits: 6,0
Study load hours: 162
Period: semester 1 (6sp)

Language of instruction: English
Exam contract: not possible

2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
Final grade2: Numerical
Tolerance3: See included in these programmes
Sequentiality
No sequentiality


Content

Cell structure and function, living systems in health and disease.

Concrete aims: the student has insight into:

  • Genetics, chemistry, metabolism, cardiovascular system, immunology.
  • Recombinant DNA technologies, applications of recombinant DNA technology in biomedical research.


Compulsory textbooks (bookshop)
 

Textbook 1:

Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology, F. Martini E. Bartholow, 8th edition, Pearson

ISBN: 9780135203804

Textbook 2:

Concepts of Genetics, Global Edition., Klug et al., 12th edition, Pearson
 

Compulsory course material
 

None.
 

Recommended course material
 

A list of recommended readings will be made available through Blackboard during the course.


Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Distance learning ✔  


Evaluation

Semester 1 (6,00sp)

Evaluation method
Written exam100 %
Closed-book ✔
Multiple-choice questions✔
Open questions✔

Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
No


Learning outcomes
  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
Master of Statistics and Data Science
  •  EC 

    • The student is capable of acquiring new knowledge.

 
Included in these programmesTolerance3
1st year Master Bioinformatics - distance learning Y
1st year Master Biostatistics - distance learning Y
1st year Master Quantitative Epidemiology - distance learning Y



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