COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE BASIC OF TRANLATIONAL LABORATORY METHODS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRO 5003 THE BASIC OF TRANLATIONAL LABORATORY METHODS COMPULSORY 1 2 0 5

Offered By

Translational Oncology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR YASEMIN BASKIN

Offered to

Translational Oncology

Course Objective

Cancer Research Laboratory and R & D Laboratories Infrastructure, the sampling in cancer research, laboratory space of phase studies, the diagnostic laboratory techniques, the laboratory techniques that provide for treatment response, tumor models (in vivo in vitro ex vivo, in silico, in toto) Biobanking in cancer research, treatment technologies will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Capable of outlined in general laboratory rules and working instructions can express. Capable of apply to basic laboratory analysis methods
2   Be able to obtain and store biological samples in appropriate conditions.
3   Acquire basic knowledge of the basic principles of analysis methods
4   Capable of implementing basic PCR techniques and basic cancer cell culture technic
5   Be able to comment to the results of methods
6   Be able to critically evaluates the published literature in the field of translational oncology and adapt their own applications

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Cancer Research Laboratory and R & D Laboratory Infrastructure
2 Sampling in Cancer Research1
3 Sampling in Cancer Research2
4 The laboratory in the phase study
5 Laboratory diagnostic techniques 1
6 Laboratory diagnostic techniques 2
7 The laboratory techniques that provide for treatment response
8 Tumor models (in vivo ex vivo in vitro, in silico, in toto)
9 Tumor models (in vivo)
10 Tumor models (in vitro ex vivo)
11 Tumor models (in silico)
12 Tumor models (in toto)
13 Biobanking in cancer research
14 Treatment technologies in cancer research1
15 Treatment technologies in cancer research2

Recomended or Required Reading

Molecular Biology of the Cell, 6th Edition. Ed. Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter. Garland Publishers
Essential Cell Biology - 4th Edition Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Karen Hopkin, Alexander D Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter Garland Publishers
The Biology of Cancer, 2nd Edition, Robert A. Weinberg, Garland Publishers
Molecular Biology of the Gene, 7th edition, James Watson, Alexander Gann, Tania Baker, Michael Levine, Stephan Bell, Richard Losick, Stephan Harrison Pearson Cold Spring harbor Laboratory Press.
Principles of Molecular Diagnostics and Personalized Cancer Medicine, Dongfeng Tan, henry Lynch, Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins.
The Handbook of Biomarkers, Kewal Jain, Humana Press
Translational and Experimental Clinical Research, Daniel Schuster, William Powers, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, the topics with classroom activities (presentations and homework assignments) to consolidate and discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 LAB LABORATORY
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + LAB* 0.20 + FIN*0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + LAB* 0.20 + RST*0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will clearly define outlined LO1,LO2, LO3, LO4 which will evaluate with exam.
2. The learner will recognize, LO5, LO6 will evaluate with homework, prepared presentations by themselves and exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yasemin.baskin@deu.edu.tr ; 0 232 412 58 01

Office Hours

Monday 13:00-14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Tutorials 15 1 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 5 2 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.15555
LO.2555555
LO.355555
LO.45555
LO.5555555555
LO.6555555555

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