Unit name | Cellular and Molecular Pathology |
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Unit code | PANM22042 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Brown |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
The cellular and molecular basis of the most important types of disease that are not directly related to infectious microorganisms.
At the end of the unit a successful student will be able to:
Lectures
Tutorials
Practicals
Summative assessment:
Oral presentation (5%)
eBiolabs pre-lab quizzes and post-lab assignments, and laboratory write-ups (5%)
1-hour essay under exam conditions (10%)
1-hour mid-unit assessment including multiple choice questions (10%)
2.5-hour written exam (summer) including multiple choice questions and two essays (70%)
The exams will cover learning outcomes 1-9.
The laboratory write-ups will assess learning outcomes 7-9.
The essay and oral presentation will cover learning outcome 9 and any from 1-6.
Formative assessment:
For formative purposes students will receive feedback as follows:
The Biology of Cancer. Robert A Weinberg, 2nd edition, 2013. (GS Garland Science)
Introduction to the Cellular and Molecular Biology of Cancer. 4th edition. Eds. M.A. Knowles & P.J. Selby, 2005. (Oxford University Press)
Human Molecular Genetics. 3rd edition. P. Sudbery & I Sudbery, 2009. (Pearson/Prentice Hall)
Emery’s Elements of Medical Genetics. 15th edition. P. Turnpenny & S. Ellard, 2017. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier
Janeway’s Immunobiology 9th edition, by Kenneth Murphy, 2016. (Garland Science)
All textbooks are available in the Medical Sciences library.