Cellular and Molecular Biology I
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Basic Sciences |
Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
MIB |
74 |
Syllabus |
1 |
- |
5 |
60 |
135 |
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Students should:
1. acquire knowledge in Cellular and Molecular Biology and be capable of using it in the formulation, resolution and discussion of problems;
2. acquire personal and professional skills and attributes, namely: engineering reasoning and problem solving (problem identification and formulation, estimation and qualitative analysis), knowledge discovery (hypothesis formulation and survey of print and electronic literature), system thinking, personal skills and attitudes (perseverance and flexibility, creative and critical thinking, awareness of one’s personal knowledge, time and resource management), professional skills and attitudes (professional ethics, behaviour, integrity and responsibility).
Program
From macromolecules to cells: organization and function at a supramolecular level – viral and cell structure (prokaryote and eukaryote);
Methodologies used to study cells; Morphology and function of each structure/ organelle- comparison between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells (cytoplasmic membrane, cytoskeleton, cilium and flagellum, information genetic/nucleus, cell multiplication, nucleolus, ribosome, rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosome, processes of power generation/ mitochondria/ chloroplast/ peroxisome);
From cells to tissues: junctional complex, extracellular matrix; vegetal cell
Mandatory literature
Alberts, Bruce 070;
Molecular biology of the cell. ISBN: 978-0-8153-4105-5
G. M. Cooper, e R. E. Hausman; The Cell –A Molecular Approach, Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2007
Complementary Bibliography
C. Azevedo; Biologia Celular e Molecular, Lidel, Edições Técnicas, Lda, 2005
H. Lodish, A. Berk, P. Matsudaira, C. A. Kaiser, M. Krieger, M. P. Scott, S. L. Zipursky e J. Darnell; Molecular Cell Biology, W.H. Freeman and Company, 2004
B. Lewin, L. Cassimeris, V. R. Lingappa, G. Plopper; Cells, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2007
Teaching methods and learning activities
This course unit is based on the oral presentation of the program with the support of the board and audiovisual instruments. Students will be asked to participate and use a deductive reasoning. Classes will take place twice a week and last 1.5 h.
Evaluation Type
Evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Subject Classes |
Participação presencial |
54,00 |
|
|
Exam |
Exame |
2,00 |
|
|
|
Total: |
- |
0,00 |
|
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
End date |
|
Estudo autónomo |
54 |
|
|
Estudo autónomo |
23,5 |
|
|
Total: |
77,50 |
|
Eligibility for exams
Not applicable
Calculation formula of final grade
Final Exam
FG= FE
FE – Final exam (normal or resit season)
To complete this course unit, students have to reach a minimum grade of 9.5.
Examinations or Special Assignments
Not applicable
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
A final exam (according to General Evaluation Rules of FEUP). FG=FE
Classification improvement
A final exam. FG=FE at the same time as recurso (resit) exam.
Observations
Not applicable