Cell Biology

• Teachers
• Weekly hours
• Learning Outcomes
• Objectives
• Contents
• Activities
• Teaching methodology
• Evaluation methodology
• Bibliography
• Web links

Teachers

Person in charge

• Berta Alsina Español ( )

Others

• Oriol Gallego Moli ( )

Weekly hours

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

• K1 - Recognize the basic principles of biology, from cellular to organism scale, and how these are related to current knowledge in the fields of bioinformatics, data analysis, and machine learning; thus achieving an interdisciplinary vision with special emphasis on biomedical applications.
• K6 - Recognize the ethical problems that arise from advances in the knowledge and in the application of biological concepts and their computational processing.

Skills

• S6 - Identify and interpret relevant data, within the area of study, to make judgments that include social, scientific or ethical reflections.
• S8 - Make decisions, and defend them with arguments, in the resolution of problems in the areas of biology, as well as, within the appropriate fields, health sciences, computer sciences and experimental sciences.
• S9 - Exploit biological and biomedical information to transform it into knowledge; in particular, extract and analyze information from databases to solve new biological and biomedical problems.

Competences

• C6 - Detect deficiencies in the own knowledge and overcome them through critical reflection and the choice of the best action to expand this knowledge.
• C7 - Detect, from within the scope of the degree, inequalities based on sex and gender in society; integrate the different needs and preferences based on sex and gender in the design of solutions and problem solving.

Objectives

1. Introduce the student into the world of Cellular Biology and Physiological phenomenon, to understand the inside world of cells and their organization of higher order systems.
   Related competences: C6, K1, S6, S8, S9,
2. Teach to student the bases of basic research in cellular biology and help them reaching the correct conclusions from their experimental results.
   Related competences: C6, C7, K1, S6, S8, S9,
3. To provide students the basic theoretical basic fundamentals, competences and practical skills that allow them to approach light microscopy imaging.
   Related competences: K1, K6, S6, S8, S9,

Contents

1. BASICS OF EUKARYOTE CELL: FROM STRUCTURE TO ORGANIZATION
   Plasma membrane, transport and ECM. Cell adhesion, the cytoskeleton and the nucleus. The Endoplasmic Reticulum and Golgi. The nucleus and gene regulation. Cellular Communication between animal cells and particular pathways. Pluripotency, Stem Cells and Cancer. Cell death and senescence.
2. Principles of light microscopy and image analysis in Cell biology
   Principles Microscopy I and II. Imaging subcellular structures I and II. Limit of Resolution.

Activities

Activity Evaluation act

Teaching methodology

Evaluation methodology

Bibliography

Basic:

• Molecular Biology of the Cell - ALBERTS, B.; JOHNSON, A.; LEWIS, J.; RAFF, M.; ROBERTS, K.; WALTER, P. , Garland Science, , 2008.
  
• The Cell. A molecular approach - COOPER, G.M. i HAUSMAN, R.E. , Washington D.C. and Sunderland, 2007.
  
• Histología. Texto y Atlas. - GARTNER, L. P.; HIATT, J. L. , McGraw-Hill Interamericana, 2007.
  
• Vander¿s Human Physiology - WIDMAIER, E.P.; RAFF, H. and STRANG K.T. , McGraw Hill, 2011.
  
• Bioimage Data Analysis - MIURA K. , Wiley-VCH, 2016.
  

Web links

• Full collection of videos with the basic principles of Optical microscopy and Advanced fluorescence microscopy https://www.ibiology.org/online-biology-courses/microscopy-series/microscopy-ser
• Introduction to Bioimage analysis (by Dr. Robert Haase) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-hlwQ9Q4GS3rtv2EwSStAQ