COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CANCER RESEARCH LABORATORY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Basic Oncology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YASEMIN BAŞBINAR

Offered to

Basic Oncology

Course Objective

Değişik PCR tekniklerine genel bakış, Elektroforetik DNA analiz teknikleri ve kanser araştırmalarında kullanımı

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Capable of outlined in general laboratory rules and working instructions can Express.
2   Acquire basic knowledge of the basic principles of analysis methods
3   Capable of apply to basic laboratory analysis methods
4   Be able to obtain and store biological samples in appropriate conditions.
5   Capable of implementing basic PCR techniques and basic cancer cell culture techniques
6   Be able to comment to the results of methods
7   Be able to critically evaluates the published literature in the field of cancer research 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 Research Laboratory Rules and and working instructions
2 The general principles of research, evaluation methods of the laboratory's quality-control
3 Laboratory Mathematics
4 Basic concepts in analysis and detection
5 Buffer, pH, and physiological solution, electrochemical and chemical sensors
6 Methods of tissue homogenization, centrifugation and separation of cellular fractions
7 Colorimetric methods, photometric methods, spectrophotometric methods of analysis
8 Microscopy techniques
9 Protein purification and determination methods
10 Electrophoretic techniques
11 Cancer-specific immunological methods
12 Introduction to Cancer Cell Culture
13 Overview of molecular diagnostic systems for cancer
14 Introduction to techniques of DNA and RNA analysis and sample preparation
15 Overview of the different PCR techniques, the use of electrophoretic DNA analysis techniques in cancer research

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Prof.Dr. Ahmet Münir KINAY,Prof.Dr. Ahmet Uğur YILMAZ,Prof.Dr. Hülya ELLIDOKUZ,Prof.Dr.Safiye AKTAŞ,Doç.Dr. Zekiye Sultan ALTUN, Yrd.Doç.Dr. Yasemin BASKIN,MSc. Pınar,Erçetin,YL Öğr Gizem Çalıbaşı,"Temel Onkolojide Kullanılan Araştırma Yöntemleri", Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Matbaası, Izmir,978-975-441-330-4,(2011) ,El Kitabı(Handbook)
Pathologic Basis of Disease. Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Nelson Fausto, Elsevier Saunderss, 2005 Seventh Edition; The Biology of Cancer Robert A. Weinberg, Gariand Science 2007; Moleküler Biyoloji, Editör: Ahmet Yıldırım Nobel Yayın Dağıtım; Ankara, 2010,
References:
Materials: Pubmed

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 +RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria


1. The learner will clearly define outlined LO1,LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5 which will evaluate with presentations prepared by themselves, homework and their laboratory applications .
2. The learner will clearly apply analysis methods of cancer laboratory practices.
3. The learner will assignments LO4, LO6, making the presentation and homework.
4. The learner will recognize LO1, LO2, LO3, LO7; 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 4125890/5801

Office Hours

Monday 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 1 15
Labratory 15 2 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15555555
LO.25555555
LO.35555555
LO.45555555
LO.55555555
LO.65555555
LO.75555555

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