Code: | MI072112 | Acronym: | BIOQ2 |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Physical Sciences |
Active? | Yes |
Web Page: | http://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=3621 |
Responsible unit: | Biochemistry Laboratory |
Course/CS Responsible: | MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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MICF | 186 | Official Curriculum | 2 | - | 6 | 52 | 162 |
Understanding of the structure of lipids and their functions in the organisation and metabolism of the human body as well as the role of amino acids in metabolism. Students should have acquired a good knowledge of the fundamental biochemical structures and processes which help them to understand, for example, the pathology associated with certain dysfunctions. This serves as a support upon which to broaden their understanding of the subject matters of Haematology, Immunology, Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology. Understanding of biochemical structure-functions relationships. Acquisition of the necessary experimental methodology needed for the characterisation and evaluation of biochemical functions performed by sub-cellular structures (mitochondrias). Development of good laboratory practices in the utilisation of all laboratory equipment.
Comprehension of metabolism integration. Some metabolic diseases
Program
Structure of Lipids: simple and complex lipids. Triacylglycerols, phosphoglycerides, sphingolipids, steroids, terpenic lipids. Structure and function of bio membranes. Lipids in the human body – organisation and metabolism. Fatty acid oxidation and synthesis. Glucose and fatty acids. Synthesis of Lipids.
Amino acids metabolism. Nitrogen fixation. Metabolic interrelationships.
Laboratory programme: preparation of mitochondrias – identification, characterisation and evaluation of some biochemical functions.
Theoretical Education: 2 h/week presented in "data show" ("by power point") and previous distribution of the presentations to the students.
Laboratorial education: 2 h/week. In the beginning of the semester a Manual of Laboratory is supplied to the students, where these will find the protocols of the works to execute and the respective theoretical explanation. The students perform individually the biochemical procedures foreseen in the laboratorial content of the discipline.
At the beginning of the semester two hours weekly are scheduled for student consultation.
designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 80,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 20,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 10,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 70,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 20,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Attendance to theoretical classes is not compulsory.
Student attendance to laboratorial classes is mandatory. Those students whose attendance is lower than 75% of the foreseen classes are considered as without attendance.
The evaluation is performed in accordance with the current norms provided by the Pedagogic Committee of the Faculty of Pharmacy.
Students under a special regime, who are not obliged to attend laboratorial classes have to perform a final laboratorial exam.
Approval in the laboratorial evaluation, whether distributed or in a final exam, will be considered as valid, for the following 3 years.
Final written evaluation exam: includes the evaluation of theoretical (70%) and laboratorial content (30%) of the discipline.
Students with marks > 9.4 (out of 20) are considered as approved in the discipline. There are no oral exams for students with marks between 8.0 and 9.4, out of 20.
Students under a special regime, who are not obliged to attend laboratorial classes have to perform the final laboratorial exam.
The approval in this component is mandatory to proceed with the final written evaluation exam.
In accordance with the evaluation rules for FFUP.
The student has the right to request the repeat of the final written exam to improve the mark, only one time, in the normal or in the resource periods following the period in which the approval in the discipline was obtained.
The higher mark obtained in both final written exams, will be considered for the evaluation of the final mark in the discipline.
a) Students should have a basic knowledge of Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry I.