270052 SE Chemical Biology (2020W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Tu 01.09.2020 08:00 to Fr 25.09.2020 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Fr 25.09.2020 23:59
Details
max. 50 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
The Chemical Biology Seminar will start on the 3rd of November at 9.30 am.
Venue: Seminar Room 2, COVID-19 Capacity max 24 students.The course will be organised as follows:3rd–13th November, Tue-Fri, 9.30 – 12.306 lectures held by A/Prof. Markus Muttenthaler24th November - 4th December, Tue-Fri, 9.30 – 12.30
6 lectures held by Dr Claudia BelloCurrently, Tue-Thu are planned for the seminar with Fri being reserved in case of unexpected changes in the schedule.Exact dates/times will be discussed at the beginning of the lecture.Lecture slides will be available online after the individual lectures.
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
ASSESSMENT
- attendance of at least 9 lectures is required to obtain a grade.
- 5% of the course grade will be based on participation during the course.
- 55% of the course grade will be based on exercises given during the course period (4 exercises will be given).
- 40% of the course grade will be based on a final assessment to be done in students’ own time and submitted after the course ends by January 2020.
- grades will be given as: 0–49% (5), 50–59% (4), 60–74% (3), 75–89% (2), 90–100% (1)
- attendance of at least 9 lectures is required to obtain a grade.
- 5% of the course grade will be based on participation during the course.
- 55% of the course grade will be based on exercises given during the course period (4 exercises will be given).
- 40% of the course grade will be based on a final assessment to be done in students’ own time and submitted after the course ends by January 2020.
- grades will be given as: 0–49% (5), 50–59% (4), 60–74% (3), 75–89% (2), 90–100% (1)
Examination topics
Reading list
Association in the course directory
BC-3, BIO II-3, CHE II-3, UF MA CH 02c
Last modified: Fr 02.10.2020 18:09
- formal lectures with PowerPoint slides
- exercises to re-cap previous lecture
- group discussion and exercises on journal articles
- data analysis exercises
- class discussion activities (mind-mapping, peer-teaching etc.)
- "homework"; reading journal articles (about 4-5 over the course)LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, students should:
- be familiar with the topics encompassed by the field of Chemical Biology
- be aware of recent developments in the field
- understand some of the challenges and controversies in the field
- be able to read, understand and critically evaluate a journal article
- be able to discuss a journal article or data set and draw conclusions from it
- be able to apply the knowledge and skills learnt to their master theses and in other situationsTOPICS
1. Introduction to Chemical Biology (MM)
2. Peptides as Molecular Probes (MM)
3. Peptides as Therapeutics (MM) _ Assessment exercise
4. Protein Structures and Functions (MM)
5. Techniques in Chemical Biology (MM)
6. Chemical Biology in Action (MM) _Assessment exercise
7. Basic pharmacology and molecular targeted therapies (CB)
8. Protein kinases as anticancer drug targets (CB)
9. G Protein-coupled receptors as drug targets (CB)_Assessment exercise
10. Binding proteins: from therapeutic antibodies to affibodies and antibody mimetics (CB)
11. Anticancer vaccines (CB)
12. Antibiotics and discovery of new drugs (CB)_Assessment exercise