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270311 PR Practical Course in Food Toxicology (2025S)

Cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and mutagenicity

Continuous assessment of course work

MIXED

Moodle

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 04.02.2025 08:00 to Tu 25.02.2025 23:59
Deregistration possible until Tu 25.02.2025 23:59

Details

max. 12 participants

Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes

verpflichtende VB: 03.3.25, 16:00 17:00, SR4
Antestat: 12.03.25, 13:00 14:30, SR4
Kurs: 17.3.-28.3.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Objective: In a 2-week "research project", the students should learn to use different methods to clarify a problem/question. They will be able to apply the learned methods in different areas of food chemistry, toxicology, biological chemistry, etc.The students acquire the ability to critically evaluate their results and discuss them based on the literature provided. The greatest possible benefit from this course (LV) will be gained by students in the advanced Master's programme or at the end of their studies, as theoretical knowledge of food chemistry and toxicology is a prerequisite. The course is therefore recommended for this group of students.

Contents: In this course the following topics (areas) are presented or worked out together: Investigation of bioactivity/toxicity of food ingredients with modern biochemical/cell/molecular biological methods such as cell culture, microscopy, comet assay, Ames test, quantitative real-time PCR, etc. The course takes place in the institute's own research laboratories.
The course is divided into a preliminary discussion with laboratory safety instructions and an introduction to the topic. The background and context of the problem will be discussed. The required theoretical knowledge is also to be acquired through self-study (of the literature provided), among other things. The practical part consists of a cell culture part, the performance of a comet assay, an Ames-test and a quantitative PCR. Through the course, students acquire practical skills that deepen their theoretical knowledge.

Method: The contents of the course are developed through practical exercises, discussions, ...T

Assessment and permitted materials

- Preliminary exam
- Practical laboratory work
- Timely delivery of the final report of max. 25 pages

In order to ensure good scientific practice, the course director may invite students to a notation-relevant interview after submission of the final report, which must be passed.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance at the preliminary discussion of the course is compulsory and is already the first part of the course. Attendance at the preliminary discussion, but an unexcused absence from the practical part will result in a negative assessment.Unexcused absence during the course is not allowed and leads to exclusion from the course. Before beginning the practical part of the course, an exam for the respective method must be passed with 50% of the maximum score. Failure to pass the exam results in the corresponding method not being carried out. The test will be graded 5 (practical work, final report). Each piece of work must be completed at the end of the course.The various sub-parts are graded and are included in the assessment. The course is passed with an overall grade of 4.

Examination topics

The content of the taught parts, the final report, as well as the script and the provided literature are required to complete the partial performances.

Reading list

Relevant literature is continuously made available on Moodle during the course.

Association in the course directory

CH-CBS-03, LMC C1, LMC D1

Last modified: Tu 28.01.2025 14:46