General information
Course type | AMUPIE |
Module title | Cell Biology |
Language | English |
Module lecturer | Wojtyla Łukasz, Sobieszczuk-Nowicka Ewa |
Lecturer's email | wojtylal@amu.edu.pl |
Lecturer position | adiunkt |
Faculty | Faculty of Biology |
Semester | 2021/2022 (winter) |
Duration | 30 |
ECTS | 3 |
USOS code | AMUPIE-CELLBIOL |
Timetable
Module aim (aims)
To help the students understand the basic principles of cell biology, the importance of the cell structure to its functions and the roles of both the subcellular organelles and the major biological macromolecules.
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Basic information about macromolecules – their structure and function – in living organisms
Syllabus
Week 1: 2h Cells - the fundamental units of life
Week 2: 2h Structure and function of macromolecules in living organisms
Week 3: 2h Membrane structure & function
Week 4: 2h The nucleus - information central
Week 5: 2h The endomembrane system
Week 6: 2h Mitochondria, plastids and peroxisomes
Week 7: 2h The cytoskeleton & the extracellular matrix
Week 8: 2h Cell junctions
Week 9: 3h Cell communication*
Week 10: 3h The cell cycle*
Week 11: 3h Comparing prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell*
Week 12: 3h Consuming cell biology knowledge- creating a celloid*
Week 13: 2h Cell Biology test
* seminars
Reading list
Alberts B., Bray D., Hopkin K., Johnson A., Lewis J., Raff M., Roberts K., Walter P. “Essential Cell Biology” Cambell Biology Pearson