Learning outcomes |
This course unit gives to the students an overview of the fundamental unit of life: the cell (structure, function of the different cellular compartments, cell activation pathways, cell cycle, cell renewal and apoptosis). At the end of this course unit students must be able to: - Be aware that cells are the morphological and functional units of living beings. - Describe the main cellular signaling pathways. - Know the mechanisms through wich cells regulate their cell cycle. - Know and apply the laboratory safety rules. - Manipulate basic laboratory equipments. - Read and understand scientific documents. - Be creative and capable to adapt to new professional situations. - Recognize their limitations and be aware of the importance of keeping their skills update, paying special attention to self-learning based on scientific data available.
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Main Bibliography |
1. Bibliografia principal
- Biologia celular e molecular, Carlos Azevedo, 5ª edição, Lidel, Edições Técnicas, Lisboa, 2012. - Alberts B., Bray D., Hopkin K. et al, “Fundamentos de Biologia Celular”. 3th Ed. Artmed, 2011. - Molecular cell biology, lodish et al., 9th edition, New York : Macmillan Learning, 2021. - Karp's Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments, 8th Edition, john wiley & sons, inc., 2016.
2.Bibliografia complementar
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ - http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/home/home.do
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