BMB549: Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics

Students taking this course are expected to:

• Have knowledge of math corresponding to Danish high school A-level
• Have knowledge of chemistry corresponding to Danish high school B-level

The learning objectives of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:

• Describe the structure of cells and the function of essential organelles
• Describe cell division and how it relates to inheritance
• Account for the basic genetic laws, and carry out simple inheritance calculations and considerations based on these
• Recognize and name functional groups in biological macromolecules and account for there chemical structure
• Outline the mechanism behind non-covalent forces acting on biomolecules and explain the significance of these in determining the structure
• List central metabolic pathways and explain their importance for the energy and matter turnover of the cell
• Recognize common chemical reactions in metabolic pathways
• Account for the flow of genetic information in a cell, including regulation of gene expression
• Consider experimental design and control experiments in the perspective of theory of science
• Understand the importance of and use selected online tools to study genetic sequences as well as mathematical and statistical tools in relation to human and disease genetics.
• Use study and learning strategies to plan your own learning process in relation to learning goals, learning activities and evaluation methods
• Establish professional relations with fellow students and describes ones role as an active contributor to the social and professional environment of the programme.
• Identifies different science representations (textual, auditory, visual, symbolic, iconic, graphical, tabular, static or dynamic) and applies them in problem solving

The following main topics are contained in the course:

• Cell structure and function, including the function of different intracellular organelles and biomembranes
• Cell cycle, meiosis and mitosis
• Basic genetics including more in-depth disease genetics
• The structure and function of biomolecular macromolecules
• Metabolism
• Photosynthesis
• The flow of information from gene to protein
• Study group: Work in collaborative groups, communication, planning, conflict management, group forming and constitution and study group contract
• The student’s learning: Introduction to e-learning, laboratory security, study and learning strategies, harmonization of expectations, ethical standards in academia and the student’s personal learning plan.

Latest edition of N.A. Campbell et al. Biology - a global approach.

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