Lectures: 24 h - Tutorials: 8 h - Preceptorship: 8 h - Laboratory sessions: 38 h

Objectifs

Basic concepts of biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology and current challenges in these disciplines. Introduction to the major classes of biomolecules (sugars, lipids, nucleic acids and proteins), biological catalysis, signal transduction, energy transformation, information storage and replication by genes, and how genes code for RNAs (transcription) which in turn code for proteins (translation). Introduction to the concept of mechanotransduction and its implication for tissue engineering.

Syllabus

Basic concepts of biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology and current challenges in these disciplines. Introduction to the major classes of biomolecules (sugars, lipids, nucleic acids and proteins), biological catalysis, signal transduction, energy transformation, information storage and replication by genes, and how genes code for RNAs (transcription) which in turn code for proteins (translation). Introduction to the concept of mechanotransduction and its implication for tissue engineering.

Tutorials

Bioinformatics: data banks, DNA and protein sequence analysis.

Preceptorship

Article analysis: central dogma of molecular biology / membranes / cell and its environment / biotechnology.

Laboratory sessions

Cloning and expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP).

Requirements : None.

Evaluation mechanism : Course: written exam (course questions + article analysis). TP report of experiments.

Last Modification : Wednesday 31 May 2017