Universität Wien

330029 VO Nutrition and Gene Regulation (2010W)

LV für Master- und Diplomstudium: Voraussetzung Zulassung zum Masterstudium, bzw.abgeschlossener 1. Abschnitt des Diplomstudiums

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 19.10. 13:00 - 17:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)
  • Wednesday 20.10. 13:00 - 17:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)
  • Thursday 21.10. 13:00 - 17:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)
  • Friday 22.10. 13:00 - 17:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)
  • Monday 25.10. 13:00 - 17:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)
  • Wednesday 27.10. 13:00 - 17:00 (Seminarraum 2D509 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II)

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

19 October
Introduction, Basic terms in genetics.
Characteristics of chromosomal, monogenic and multifactorial diseases.
The 50 years`history of modern genetics from the double-helix to the Human Genome Project.

20 October
Chromosomal and Mendelian (monogenic) disorders in more details.
Gene regulation, general aspects.
SNP variations, haplotype blocks and their role in complex diseases.

21 October
Genomic aspects of complex (multifactorial) diseases. Example 1. Allergies/asthma
2. Coronary heart disease and related subjects as main health-related challenges.

22. Microarray (chip) technology.
Role of genomics, proteomics and metabolomics in regulation.
Applied genomics, Nutritional genomics (Biological networks, Systems Biology approach)

25 October:
Information technology, nutrition and gene-regulation: Genetic, genomic and proteomic databases: OMIM, NCBI-Entrez integrated database, BLAST, Swissprot, PFAM, E-Ensembl.
Food safety issues and genomics, Food allergens, GMO-food, Hazards, risks, tresholds

26-27 October:
Epigenetic regulation and nutrition. Post-genomics, fractogeometry.
Special aspects of nutrition and gene regulation in humans during pregnancy and after birth. Examples: Role of folic acid, vitamine-D and probiotic supplementation.
Students' presentations.
Summary, conclusions.

Assessment and permitted materials

Assessment is based on the following activities:
1. Oral or written presentations of students after the course
2. Activity during the course
Oral presentations: Power point presentations, approximately 15-20 minutes, minimum 5 slides, maximum 10 slides
Written works: 15-20 pages of A4 sheets
Structure: Introduction, discussion, summary.
References, literature: Accepted bibliographical reference data of per reviewed journals or registered scientific meetings should be given. Recent references dated from the last few years are preferred.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Aims:
Giving some relevant examples on the involvement of nutritional factors in genetic regulation,
by showing recent trends in genomics and systems biology
Showing the different, publicly available scientific databases of genomics and proteomics for further studies,
Promoting the presentations of students ¿ own scientific works, related to these fields.

Examination topics

Methods:
1. Lectures on the topics listed above
2. Online presentations of internet-based genomic and proteomic databases
3. Students ¿ presentations on connected topics with common discussions

Reading list

Literature:
1. Power point presentations of the lectures will be available
2. Further publications (textbooks and/or review articles) on the topics of genetics, genomics and nutrition/nutritional genomics

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Sa 02.04.2022 00:27