gsw170 Research Techniques Molecular Biomedicine (Complete module description)

Enrolment in Master´s programme Molecular Biomedicine

Competencies:
++ deepened knowledge of biological working methods
  + deepened knowledge of clinical diagnostics
++ data analysis skills
  + interdisciplinary thinking
++ critical and analytical thinking
++ ability to perform independent biological research
++ data presentation and discussion (written and spoken)

Basic knowledge of techniques used in molecular biomedicine

The module focuses on competence in research methods.

Seminar:
Hybridization and detection of nucleic acid, polymerase chain reaction, nucleic acid sequencing, analyses of epigenetic modifications, protein-nucleic acid Interaction, immunological techniques, light microscopy techniques, mass spectrometry analyses, protein-protein interactions, fluorescence in situ hybridization

Exercise:
molecular biological techniques (PCR, agarose gel, plasmid preparation, restriction), immunological methods (cell culturing, cytochemistry), biochemistry techniques (SDS gel, western blotting, protein purification, photometry)

Bioanalytics: Analytical Methods and Concepts in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Lottspeich and Engels (ISBN-13: 978-3527339198

graded: presentation (20 min.)
↵ungraded; signed protocols