gsw050 - Current Topics of Genetics (Vollständige Modulbeschreibung)
Modulbezeichnung | Current Topics of Genetics |
Modulkürzel | gsw050 |
Kreditpunkte | 6.0 KP |
Workload | 180 h |
Einrichtungsverzeichnis | Department für Humanmedizin |
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Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Enrolment in Master´s programme Molecular Biomedicine |
Kompetenzziele | Competencies: ++ deepened biological expertise ++ deepened knowledge of biological working methods + data analysis skills + interdisciplinary thinking ++ critical and analytical thinking ++ independent searching and knowledge of scientific literature ++ data presentation and discussion (written and spoken) + team work |
Modulinhalte | Lecture: imparting of newest methods and "Hot Topics" in genetics (epigenetics, non-coding RNAs (also with reference to associated diseases)), genome editing, prospects and limitations of studying animal models/organoid cultures of human genetic disease, gene therapy, etc. Seminar: reading/analyzing current literature in the field |
Literaturempfehlungen | Klug, Cummings, Spencer, Palladio, Killian, "Concepts of Genetics", Pearson, 2019 Strachan and Read, "Human molecular genetics", CRC Press, 2019 Current publications in genetics journals (e.g. Frontiers in Genetics, Trends in Genetics, PLOS Genetics, Nature Genetics, etc.) |
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Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
Dauer in Semestern | 1 Semester |
Angebotsrhythmus Modul | Second half of the winter semester |
Aufnahmekapazität Modul | 20 |
Modulart | Wahlpflicht / Elective |
Modullevel | MM (Mastermodul / Master module) |
Lehr-/Lernform | Lecture and Seminar |
Vorkenntnisse | basic knowledge in genetics |
Lehrveranstaltungsform | Kommentar | SWS | Angebotsrhythmus | Workload Präsenz |
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Vorlesung | 2 | SoSe | 28 | |
Seminar | 2 | SoSe | 28 | |
Präsenzzeit Modul insgesamt | 56 h |
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Gesamtmodul | graded: written examination (50%), portfolio (50%, concept paper and short presentation), ungraded: technical implementation of the concept paper (production of digital content for science communication (video/podcast)) |