| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Master's Degree With Thesis |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 10 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Associate Professor Ceyhun Kayıhan
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Learn advanced PCR based techniques designed for specific aims.
2) Use of immunodetection and immunoseperation based analysis in molecular biology research.
3) Gain knowledge of the use of high throughput metagenomic, genomic and transcriptomic analysis techniques, and their bioinformatics applications.
4) Learn writing a project proposal and budget planning for proposals on varying research areas of molecular biology.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | Molecular Biology |
| COURSE DEFINITION | This course is designed to teach the students the essential and advanced experimental design for molecular genetics studies, the details of molecular cloning, preparation and analyses of nucleic acids and proteins, analyses of recombinant organisms, genome editing and sequencing. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Introduction, Academic Writing: Rules and Principles | | 2nd Week | Methylation-Specific PCR (MSP) | | 3rd Week | Telomerase Repeated Amplification Protocol (TRAP) for Telomerase Activity | | 4th Week | Digital Droplet PCR and Applications (ddPCR) | | 5th Week | Flow Cytometry Based Analysis | | 6th Week | Immunoprecipitation for Protein Interactions | | 7th Week | Student Presentations | | 8th Week | Microarray Analysis | | 9th Week | Metagenomic Studies and Bioinformatic Applications | | 10th Week | Writing a Project Proposal for MBG Research I | | 11th Week | Writing a Project Proposal for MBG Research II | | 12th Week | Budget Planning for MBG Research Proposals | | 13th Week | Discussion on Student Reviews / Projects | | 14th Week | Student Presentations and Discussion on Articles |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Articles, web sources, Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Wiley Online Library. |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Presentation,Project |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Project | 1 | 55 | | Presentation of Article | 1 | 25 | | Presentation of Case Study | 1 | 5 | | Other | 1 | 15 | | Total(%) | | 100 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 100 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 0 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | | | | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 1 | 5 | 5 | | Preparation for Final exam | | | | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | | | | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | | | | | Homework | | | | | Project | 1 | 125 | 125 | | Project budgeting | 1 | 28 | 28 | | Article Presentation | 1 | 55 | 55 | | Case Study Presentation | 1 | 45 | 45 | | Total Workload | | | 300 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 10 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 10 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | English |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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