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Syllabus:

Tumour Biology, 15 credits

The course is discontinued from 2023-06-06

Swedish name: Tumörbiologi
This syllabus is valid: 2011-08-29 valid to 2011-09-04 (newer version of the syllabus exists)
Course code: 5MO029
Credit points: 15
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Molecular Biology: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Molecular Biology

Contents

The course aim is that the student will acquire knowledge of the importance of molecular mechanisms behind transcription control, signal transduction, cell cycle control, and cell differentiation in tumour development. Signal transduction and cell cycle control are conserved processes found in almost all eucaryotic organisms. The area of molecular cell biology has developed dramatically through genetic studies using simple model systems, and is now of fundamental importance for the understanding of tumour-related diseases. The aim is that the student will get sufficient knowledge of genetic model systems and general biological regulatory systems to understand scientific articles within molecular cell and tumour biology. The experimental training includes work with different model organisms and methodology for the study of transcription control, signal transduction, and cell differentiation and proliferation.

Required Knowledge

Special requirements: For those not being native English speakers, an internationally recognized test of English proficiency is required: IELTS (Academic) with a minimum overall score of 6.5 and no individual score below 5.5. TOEFL PBT (Paper-based Test) with a minimum score of 575 and a minimum TWE score of 4.5). TOEFL iBT (Internet-based Test) with a minimum score of 90 and a minimum score of 20 on the Writing Section (equivalent to English B in Sweden) is required. Applicants who have at least two years of university studies in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, or the USA fulfil the requirement for English B. Alternatively, if the medium of instruction in the Bachelor education has been English, an attested copy certifying that would be sufficient. Additional requirements are: Thirty ECTS-credits in Chemistry, with a minimum of 7,5 ECTS-credits in Biochemistry; 45 ECTS-credits in Life Sciences, including a minimum of 7.5 ECTS-credits in Genetics and in total a minimum of 22.5 ECTS-credits in Microbiology, Plant- and Animal Physiology, and Cell- and Molecular Biology; and practical experience of laboratory work, corresponding to a minimum of 30 ECTS-credits.

Literature

Valid from: 2011 week 3

Weinberg Robert A. q (Robert Allan)
The biology of cancer
New York ; a London : Taylor & Francis : cop. 2007 : xix, 796, 4, 20, 24 s. :
ISBN: 0-8153-4078-8 (hbk.)
Mandatory
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