COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CELL MEMBRANES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 6017 CELL MEMBRANES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR LEMAN TARHAN

Offered to

Chemistry
Chemistry

Course Objective

Biologic importance and structure of cell membranes, membrane models-model membranes, cell membrane selectivity, properties and functions of biomolecules located in membran structure will be discussed and lightened.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have a knowledge about membrane, cell models and membrane proteins and examine lipid-protein interactions,
2   Have a knowledge about membrane receptors and their characterization and explain localization and ligand interactions,
3   Have a knowledge about membrane transport, signal systems and proteolysis,
4   Explain metabolism of membrane lipids and lipid modification of proteins,
5   Have a knowledge about and examine membrane biogenesis.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Membrane and Cell Models
2 Membrane Proteins-I
3 Membrane Proteins-II
4 Lipid-Protein Interactions in Biologic Membranes
5 Membrane Receptors and Characterization
6 Localization of Membrane Receptors and Ligand Interactions-I
7 Localization of Membrane Receptors and Ligand Interactions-II
8 Midterm Exam
9 Membrane Transport, Signal Systems and Proteolysis-I
10 Membrane Transport, Signal Systems and Proteolysis-II
11 Metabolism of Membrane Lipids-I
12 Lipid Modification of Proteins and Target Proteins
13 Membrane Biogenesis
14 Homework and Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Yawata, Y. Cell Membrane WILEY-VCH Verlag, 2003.
Supplementary Book(s): Sergio Papa, J. M. Tager, Biochemistry of Cell Membranes: A Compendium of Selected Topics, Springer, 1995.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation
2. Question-answer technique
3. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

Meaningful learning of the basic concepts given in presentations, association of concepts with each other, establishing the cause-result relationships and making comments by using the information available for problems and evaluating idea generation are carried out with mid-term and final exams, homework and presentations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

leman.tarhan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30-15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparing Homework and Presentations 1 26 26
Preparation for Final Exam 1 30 30
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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