Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
6103BCBMOL
Aims
To provide the student with state of the art knowledge of central aspects of cell and molecular biology and to encourage development of skills for experimental design.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Evaluate current research topics in cell and molecular biology
2.
Evaluate scientific literature to be able to design experiments.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1) Control of the cell cycle and apoptosis
2) Cell biology of tissue engineering, cell migration and wound healing
3) Cell cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix research
4) Advanced molecular biology: control of transcription, DNA modification, gene expression, epigenetics, microRNA
5) Genetic engineering and its associated methodology
6) Genotype-phenotype correlation and its use in personalised medicine
7) Omics and systems biology
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to provide you with state-of-the-art knowledge of central aspects of cell and molecular biology and to encourage development of skills for experimental design. The module will enable you to critically analyse research topics from cell and molecular biology and to design theoretical experiments on a given topic.
The aim of this module is to provide you with state-of-the-art knowledge of central aspects of cell and molecular biology and to encourage development of skills for experimental design. The module will enable you to critically analyse research topics from cell and molecular biology and to design theoretical experiments on a given topic.
Additional Information:This module will enable students to critically analyse research topics from cell and molecular biology and to design theoretical experiments on a given topic. Journal articles for this module will be given by each lecturer as required for each teaching block.