Genetics and applied biotechnology

Teacher(s)

Bertrand Luc (coordinator); Dumoutier Laure; Laloux Géraldine; Limaye Nisha;

Language

French
> English-friendly

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Content

Four main topics will be proposed to masters students in biomedical sciences (SBIM Master) : 1) Molecular biology of prokaryotes (plasmid, cloning, bacterial expression of proteins, site-directed mutagenesis); 2) Molecular biology of eukaryotes I (DNA Structure, analysis of variants, sequencing, quantitative PCR, RNAseq); 3) Molecular biology of eukaryotes II (cloning, vectors and protein expression, transfection and viral infection, µRNA, RNA interference, transgenesis); 4) Gene and cellular therapies (CRISPR/cas9, IPS cells, engineered tissues)

Evaluation methods

Written exam including questions on each of the 4 topics. 
Language : French with specific part in English

Other information

PDF versions of slides presented in the course, which cover the subject in a comprehensive way, will be made available on MoodleUCL. There is no formal syllabus.

Faculty or entity

> SBIM