MABIO4210 Methods in Biochemistry and Cell Biology Course description

Følgende må gjennomføres for at studentens praksisstudium kan vurderes:

• Minimum 80 % deltakelse i undervisning knyttet til valgt fordypningstema ;
• Innlevering av planleggingsdokumenter for praksisstudiet
• Delta i aktuelle arbeidsoppgaver på praksisstedet. minimum 90 % tilstedeværelse
• Overholde generelle krav for praksisstudier

• The course builds on MABIO4110 or the equivalent.
• Basic technical laboratory skills in methods in biochemistry and cell biology at bachelor’s degree level.

Students must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health and Technology - Specialisation in Biomedicine.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence: 

Knowledge

The student

• understands and is capable of explaining a range of biochemical and cellular biological methods, their possibilities and limitations
• understands the term proteomics, the principle behind selected analytical methods and their applications
• can describe different advanced microscopy techniques, principles and areas of application
• understands the principle behind different methods of preparation of transgenic animals, and can explain the laws and regulations that regulate the production of such animals

Skills

The student 

• can assess the suitability of selected biochemical and cell biological methods and their strengths and weaknesses in an independent manner
• can use and critically interpret results from selected methods in the field of biochemistry and cell biology in an independent manner
• can conduct bio-informatic searches in web-based sequence databases
• can present research results in a scientific manner

General competence

The student

• can critically assess relevant methods in biomedical research and diagnostics
• can design an experiment in biochemistry and cell biology

Emneansvarlig etter innstilling fra praksislærer

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam: 

• attendance at the course introduction
• minimum attendance of 80% at seminars
• minimum attendance of 80% at laboratory courses
• individual lab report based on specified criteria.

Individual oral exam, up to 30 minutes.

The exam can be taken in English or a Scandinavian language.

Simple handheld calculator.

Grade scale A-F

All exams will be assessed by two examiners, one of whom must be external.

10 credits overlap with MABIO4200 Biochemical and Cell Biological Methods.