Course Overview

The aim of this course is to acquire on desk skills necessary for
experimental plan. After studying this course, you should be able to:

- Analyze and decode “materials and methods” from case study
articles
- Propose appropriate in vitro experimental approaches to concrete
situation
- Design experiments to reproduce published results 
- Use collaborative instruments for group work
- Communicate using proper scientific terms and presentation.

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

> Applicants should have basic knowledges of:

- Cellular neurobiology and, 
- Biotechnology and bioinformatics, recombinant DNA methodologies.

Grading Philosophy

> Assessment procedure is based on:

- Continuous individual activities submitted during the course (20%);


- Group experimental design project (30%) and;

- Individual final exam (30%). 

The final exam is based on material covered in lectures, assignments,
readings and other online activities.

Course schedule

> This course is designed to develop critical thinking and
experimental design skills in the specific context of cell and
molecular neurosciences. You will use previous learning in new and
concrete situations. Case study articles will be discussed to support
the experimental design project that will be required.

> Experimental approaches discussed will include:

- Reverse genetics,

- RNA interference,

- Site directed mutagenesis,

- Fusion proteins,

- Expression vectors,

- Immunolocalization, and

- Protein-protein interactions (immunoprecipitation, pull-down,
two-hybrid, energy transfer, dominant negative).

Course type

> The course is structured as flipped classroom in which short video lectures and support materials are viewed by students at home before the video conference class sessions which are devoted to questions, exercises and discussions. > Specific individual and group activities including participation to chat and forum, quiz, essays and projects will be submitted by students on scheduled deadlines. > 150 hours: - 12 hours of lectures. - 138  self-study hours.

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

> Recommended Texts & Other Readings: Advanced molecular and cell
biology text books
> Internet connection, google account and “socrative student” app.
> NCBI resources.

- Selection of applications first through the EMN-Online website, then
through the Apoflux procedure. - Students must be autonomous and
prepared for online courses.



Language of instruction: English
Mode of delivery: E-learning: video conferences, recorded courses, flipped classroom, Moodle platform

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