330082 VO Genetics and Nutrition (2006W)

Introduction to Genetics/Genomics: approx. 12 lessons:

Curriculum:
Introduction to basic genetics and genomics.
The structure and function of genes. Genetic Inheritance and recombination.
Interactions of genes and environment, genetic mutations. Chromosomal mutations, aberrations.
The Genetics of bacteria and phages. Recombinant DNA technology and its' application.
Regulation of gene transcription. Regulation of cell number: normal and cancer cells.
Basics of developmental genetics, population and evolutionary genetics. Quantitative genetics.
The organization of the genome. Transcriptomes, proteosomes.

New perspectives in the post-genomic era: immunogenomics, pharmacogenomics.

Genetics and nutrition, some clinical examples: Genetics of obesity, hyperlipoproteinaemias, diabetes mellitus, food-hypersensitivities. Genetic background of the most common disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.

For -and against genetically modified foods ( Pros and contras). Plant and animal gene banks.

Basic sources for studies:

Lectures (Slides are planned to be available online in Power Point)

Suggested textbooks: Most recent textbook-versions of

Basic immunology by Abul K. ABBAS & Andrew H. Lichtman (eds.) W.B. Saunders Co.

Essential Genetics by Daniel L. Hartl, Elizabeth W. Jones (Eds). Jones and Bartlett Publishers

or similar publications.