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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
TBG 6112	STEM CELLS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	8

Offered By

Medical Biology and Genetics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ŞERIFE ESRA ERDAL

Offered to

Medical Biology and Genetics

Course Objective

To learn about general characteristics of stem cells, types of stem cells and their potential in regenerative medicine

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to define stem cell (B2) and types of stem cells, and discuss about features of different types of stem cell
2	To get know about properties of Embriyonic stem cells and their origins; to explain how to get ESC lines
3	To be able to discuss therapeutic and reproductive cloning
4	To describe general features of Adult Stem cell and discuss their advantages and disadvantages with respect to therapeutic usage
5	To be able to discuss about induced Stem Cells (iPSC) and the principle of iPSC methodology; to explain the epigenetic reprogramming behind iPSC
6	To discuss stem-cell based therapies
7	Literature discusssion

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Course Description
2	Terminology (Potensy, differentiation, asymetric division, self renewal, plasticity,)
3	What are the stem cell , What are types of stem cell What are the differences between stem cells
4	What are the properties of embriyonic stem cells and their soursec , How do ESC get , What are the ethical problems behind ESC studies
5	Therapeutic and Reproductive cloning strategies
6	General features of Adult Stem Cells;
7	Mesenchymal Stem cells and their potential in regenerative medicine
8	Mid-Term Exam
9	Hematopoietic Stem cells and their potential in regenerative medicine
10	iPSC technology
11	Genetic and epigenetic regulations in stem cell biology
12	Signalling pathways in the differention of stem cells
13	continue
14	Literature discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

http://www.stembook.org/
Alberts, etal. Molecular Biology of the Cell, Fifth ed., Garland Sciences.
Referanslar: Research and/or review articles published on Cell, Science, Nature, Nature Rew Cancer, PNAS, Cancer, Int J Cancer, Oncogene, Trends in Genetics, Trends in Cell Biology

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Staff presentations: Theoritical Courses will be performed by a series of presentations which include theriotecal knowlegde and related-examples with the subjects. It is excepted that students should read about presentation subjects before coming to classroom.
Methods: Interactive presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	PRF	PERFORMANCE
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	PO * 0.40 + FN*0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	PO * 0.40 + BUT*0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Understanding, learning, analyse, compare, actively contribution

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-posta. esra.erdal@deu.edu.tr Telefon: 412 4609 GSM: + 5324474637

Office Hours

Monday 12.30-13:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	15	2	30
Tutorials (literature discussion)	15	2	30
Preparing Individual Assignments	6	5	30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	15	3	45
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparation for midterm exam	1	10	10
Preparation for quiz etc.	2	4	8
Preparing Presentations	5	5	25
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	3	3
Quiz etc.	2	3	6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.3	PO.4
LO.1	1	3	4
LO.2	1	3	4
LO.3	1	3	4
LO.4	1	3	4
LO.5	1	3	4
LO.6	1	3	4
LO.7

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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