Syrian Private University

Molecular Biology

Molecular Biology

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General information:

Description:

Molecular biology is one of the branches of genetics, which deals with studying of genetic material in terms of composition, repetition and expression, so enable the student to:

1. knowledge that what is the genetic materialandwhere it isinside the cell and Knowledge of it's structure with some detail and how to carry genetic information .

- Developthe student's abilityto analysis of genetic results.

- Distinguish between different molecular biology techniques that are used to isolate and separate nucleic acids.

- Understand the basic principles of the genetic engineering and its role in the service of humanity.

- Identify to the modern applications of molecular biology and their impact on human life .

Expectation and Goals:

- Giving the studentinformation about the history and the development of molecular genetic science.
-Increase the ability of student to understand the nature andthe structure ofthe genetic materialand how express itself.
- Show how molecular biology is used to answer a wide range of biological questions.

- Understand how molecular’s mechanisms are constructed and regulated so that they can accurately copy, repair, and interpret genomic information.

- Analysis the relationshipbetween genetic scienceand somegenetic diseasesand identifysomegeneticmutations

Language(s) of instruction:Arabic/English Textbook(S) Language(s): Arabic/English

Course Material:

Required text:

Reference book in Arabic:

- علم الوراثة الجزيئي والهندسة الوراثية ، دمشق 2010. المؤلف: أ.د عصام قاسم".

Reference book in English:

- Anderson, Philip (1999) Genetics. John Wiley and Sons Ltd JohnWiley & Sons Inc.

- Old, R.W. and Primrose, S.B. (1989) Priciples of Gene Manipulation: An Introduction to Genetic Engineering. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Osney Mead, Oxford, England.

Course Schedule

	Week	Topic	Reading	Exercises
1	26/9/2018	Introduction in the molecular biology &Cell cycle	Power point	Practical section
2	3/10/2018	genetic material in the Eukaryotes	Power point	Practical section
3	10/10/2018	Chemical structure of genetic material& DNA characters	Power point	Practical section
4	17/10/2018	Ribonucleic acid RNA (Types and Transcription)	Power point	Practical section
5	24/10/2018	Translation	Power point	Practical section
6	31/10/2018	Regulation of gene expression	Power point	Practical section
7	7/11/2018	The Gene	Power point	Practical section
8	14/11/2018	Mutations (Types & Mutation factors)	Power point	Practical section
9	21/11/2018	The Genetic Engineering (Enzymes In The Genetic Engineering)	Power point	Practical section
10	28/11/2018	Electrophoreses	Power point	Practical section
11	5/12/2018	Genetic engineering organism (The hosts, The vectors,Bacteriophages)	Power point	Practical section
12	12/12/2018	Victors in Eukaryotic cells	Power point	Practical section
13	19/12/2018	Methods of Gene Cloning	Power point	Practical section
14	26/12/2018	Polymerase Chain Reaction PCR	Power point	Practical section
15	2/1/2019	Application Of Genetic Engineering	Power point	Practical section

Testing Schedule:

Test	Date	Subject	Reading	Type	Language	% of final grade
Quiz 1	31/10/2018	Introduction in the molecularbiology &Cell cycle, genetic material in the Eukaryotes, Chemical structure of genetic material &DNA characters, Ribonucleic acid RNA	English	written	Arabic	10%
Quiz 2	12/12/2018	Translation, Regulation of gene expression, The Gene, Mutations (Types & Mutation factors), The Genetic Engineering, Electrophoreses, Genetic engineering organism	English	written	Arabic	10%
Exam	5/1/2019	All	English	MCQ/written	Arabic	50%

General notes:

Practical sections 30%