Cellular and Molecular Biology I

Code:

EBE0108

Acronym:

BCM1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Basic Sciences

Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Bioengineering

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