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Experimental Cell Biology I-Period 1
Social Sciences & Humanities Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: mid Aug 2025 - late Dec 2025
Experimental Cell Biology I-Period 1
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Biology
Instruction in: English
Course Code: AB_1047
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
Prerequisites: Basic (first and second year level) courses in Cell Biology
DESCRIPTION
We start with a brief repetition of basic Cell Biology and then go ahead with in-depth discussion of modern Cell Biology, with a particular focus on current and emerging experimental techniques. In Research Lectures, current topics in Cell Biology will be discussed.
Topics:
- General cell organization and function, protein, DNA and RNA function, cell cycle and (programmed) cell death
- Transcription factors, gene expression, and epigenetics
- Protein modification, sorting, and membrane transport
- Receptors and signal transduction
- Basic techniques in Cell Biology (PCR, Electrophoresis, ELISA,
- Current models organisms in Cell Biology (e.g. E. coli, yeast, C. elegans, drosophila, zebra fish, mammalian models)
- Visualization techniques in Cell Biology
Each student will also work on a literature assignment.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.
Topics:
- General cell organization and function, protein, DNA and RNA function, cell cycle and (programmed) cell death
- Transcription factors, gene expression, and epigenetics
- Protein modification, sorting, and membrane transport
- Receptors and signal transduction
- Basic techniques in Cell Biology (PCR, Electrophoresis, ELISA,
- Current models organisms in Cell Biology (e.g. E. coli, yeast, C. elegans, drosophila, zebra fish, mammalian models)
- Visualization techniques in Cell Biology
Each student will also work on a literature assignment.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.