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Autumn semester |
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| Assessment Requirements |
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Assessment
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Weighting
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MCQ test
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20%
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Examination of 90 min
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multiple choice (approx 30 minutes)
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20%
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short answers
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60%
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NB: The MCQ as part of the 90 min examination will predominantly, but not exclusively, consider lectures 17-30. The six short answer questions will cover the entire course.
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| Module Overview |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
None |
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| Module Aims |
- To establish a basic appreciation of cell structure and function
- Introduce structural concepts in pro- and eukaryotes
- Establish a firm basis for subsequent molecular biology
- Establish a firm basis for subsequent physiology/biochemistry
- Introduce modern techniques in microscopy and cellular investigations.
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| Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of this module you should be able to:
- Distinguish between pro- and eukaryotic cells
- Distinguish between the various images from light, electron and atomic force microscopy
- Appreciate the roles of all components of the eukaryotic cell
- Describe how proteins are manufactured and sent to the correct location within or outside the cell
- Relate cellular structure to complex tissue organisation.
On successful completion of this module you should be able to:
- Distinguish between pro- and eukaryotic cells
- Distinguish between the various images from light, electron and atomic force microscopy
- Appreciate the roles of all components of the eukaryotic cell
- Describe how proteins are manufactured and sent to the correct location within or outside the cell
- Relate cellular structure to complex tissue organisation.
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| Module Content |
- Prokaryote and eukaryote cells (similarities and differences)
- How cells and membranes are studied (modern microscopy techniques)
- Membranes (structure and origin)
- Prokaryote cell walls and envelopes
- Eukaryote cell walls and osmotic control
- Mitochondria
- Plastids
- Microbodies and prokaryote "organelles"
- The nucleus
- Chromosome organisation and DNA packing
- Mitosis
- Meiosis
- MCQ test (week 9)
- Introduction to cell organisation/the cytoskeleton
- Ribosomes and rough endoplasmic reticulum
- Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
- Golgi apparatus
- Exocytosis and endocytosis
- Lysosomes and vacuoles
- The cytoskeleton and mobility in eukaryotes
- Motility and chemotaxis in prokaryotes
- Junctions between cells, interactions between cells
- Epithelial tissue
- Connective tissue
- Skin
- Muscle
- Nerve
- Computer assisted learning *
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
We are currently developing “on line” information and self-assessment programmes and these should become available on an experimental basis as the course proceeds.
The Visual genetics computer-aided learning package including animated teaching packages, self-test MCQs, drag-a-label problems and other material to assist your studies in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics is available in PC lab 1, Austin Pearce building or the Mac Lab, AX building. |
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
B. Alberts D. Bray J. Lewis M. Raff K Roberts and J. D. Watson, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 3rd Edition, Garland Publishing, 1994.
J. Darnell, H. Lodish and D. Baltimore, Molecular Cell Biology 3rd Edition, Freeman, 1995; B. E. S.
Gunning and M. W. Steer Plant Cell Biology, Structure and Function, Jones and Bartlett, 1996;
G. M. Cooper, The Cell, ASM-Sinauer, 1997; W. M. Becker,
J. B. Reece and M. F. Poenie, The World of the Cell, 3rd Edition, Benjamin-Cummings, 1996;
S. R. Goodman, Medical Cell Biology, 2nd Edition Lippincott-Raven, 1998 |
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| Last Updated |
15 August 2006 |
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