COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR LEMAN TARHAN

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biotechnology
BIOTECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

Biological samples, diagnosis in diseases, tracking, genetic studies, the development of the treatment tools, pharmacogenetics, drug design are the indispensable sources of gene therapy studies. Nowadays, a large part of biobanks are found in universities or research centers. Within the context of this course, it will be provided that awareness of students will be increased about the topics of creation of high-quality medical record systems, the interconnection of large databases and ethical issues encountered in the process of the generation of biobanks the necessary arrangements.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): OECD. Biological Resource Centres. Underpinning the future of life sciences and biotecnology, 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

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

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Institute of Oncology, Oncology Department
hilal.kocdor@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 13.30 - 15.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes